We're kind of seeing this thing in the video game industry where you can subscribe to a netflix-like library of games instead of owning them. You can still buy games this subscription model has leaked over to other shit and will continue to leak over. The wet dream of all corporations is to sell you something but still retain full rights to the thing they sold and it's only going to get worse from today.
But I was pointing out that telemetry wasn't just Windows/OS X exclusive. Ubuntu's devs tried it (though via Amazon advertising/deals), and then the backlash caused them to drop it.
Honestly, what stops me from using Linux as a daily driver is that a lot of the games I play on PC are multiplayer and thus have anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat that will probably never get Linux ports.
But I was pointing out that telemetry wasn’t just Windows/OS X exclusive.
Valid point. What's more, Ubuntu is a company run distro. I think you're right and I would add that telemetry is therefore more likely to be related to the business model in question rather than FOSS/Not FOSS.
About the daily driver issue, the solution I found was dual-booting windows on a separate SSD partition. This way I get to play the games that use Easy AC. Although be aware that workarounds sometimes do exist for game that run EAC. This was I was able to get Squad to run on my Linux partition; although I did experience bugs because my hardware is cursed.
We're kind of seeing this thing in the video game industry where you can subscribe to a netflix-like library of games instead of owning them. You can still buy games this subscription model has leaked over to other shit and will continue to leak over. The wet dream of all corporations is to sell you something but still retain full rights to the thing they sold and it's only going to get worse from today.
Linux good Windows bad Apple bad
Listen jack, I'd like to interject for a moment. What you call Linux is actually, you know, the thing
Nerd Someone forgot about Amazon being on Ubuntu. /Nerd
Yeah that didn't last long, and rightly so.
Use pop!_os instead
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ArchDebian, BTW</Meme>But I was pointing out that telemetry wasn't just Windows/OS X exclusive. Ubuntu's devs tried it (though via Amazon advertising/deals), and then the backlash caused them to drop it.
Honestly, what stops me from using Linux as a daily driver is that a lot of the games I play on PC are multiplayer and thus have anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat that will probably never get Linux ports.
Valid point. What's more, Ubuntu is a company run distro. I think you're right and I would add that telemetry is therefore more likely to be related to the business model in question rather than FOSS/Not FOSS.
About the daily driver issue, the solution I found was dual-booting windows on a separate SSD partition. This way I get to play the games that use Easy AC. Although be aware that workarounds sometimes do exist for game that run EAC. This was I was able to get Squad to run on my Linux partition; although I did experience bugs because my hardware is cursed.