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Care to at all elaborate then?
Last time I checked Windows still dominates the market on personal desktop/laptop computers, most people don’t want to sit and read documentation on how to get specific software to work with their device, they just want it to work without hassle.
You just said you've never used a Steam Deck. Multiple people have told you why what you're saying is ridiculous.
What more elaboration are you looking for?
Correct, have yet to touch SteamOS.
How is what I said ridiculous? Is the market all of a sudden no longer Windows dominated?
I get it, SteamOS is essentially Steams Big Picture mode locked down however, the minute someone wants to mod one of their games using software made for Windows that they find on Nexus mods or Se7enSins they’ll run into issues or a novel of documentation for a workaround.
The vast majority of people don’t want to sit and troubleshoot for hours on end for a single mod, they want it to work out of the gate and that’s where SteamOS/Linux currently falls flat.
As someone else pointed out, you're basically calling a PS5 difficult because it runs BSD and that must mean people need to tinker and use the terminal to make things work.
Cool, when’s the last time you popped a terminal on your PS5 to mod Skyrim? Oh right, never—it just works. BSD isn’t the issue; forced tinkering is.
You're forced to mod Skyrim to play it?
Who's forcing you to tinker? Are they in the room with us right now?
Is the gun to your head invisible or just your comprehension? Modding requires workarounds—nobody forces you to breathe either, yet here you are.
No shit, Sherlock. On any platform.
So Windows is "any platform" now? Cute.
Are you really going to pretend modding on Windows doesn't require tinkering/workarounds?
That's basically what modding is.
Oh right, because dragging mods into a folder is exactly like compiling kernel patches. Keep gatekeeping suffering, martyr.
You don't have to compile kernel patches to mod games on SteamOS. Why are you making things up?
Oh, so drag-and-drop mods are equivalent to kernel hacking now? Keep rewriting history, it's adorable.
Why are you talking about kernel hacking?
Why are you still pretending drag-and-drop mods are the pinnacle of suffering? Keep deflecting, it’s precious.
I'm not...
Are you okay, bud?
Still playing clueless? Keep feigning concern, it’s hilarious.
I haven't ever touched a steam deck either, but I would assume that games on the steam deck just work without any tinkering with the shell.
People still use Google all the time to help them get specific software to work with their device. There are tons of wiki's, forums, reddits, lemmy instances, discords, etc... that are full of people asking for how to get specific software to work on Windows/etc... People still sit and read documentation all the time.