I agree. But I think more to the other side of it. I worry that a vast influx, who don’t care about privacy and computing freedom, would make for huge market pressure to lock down Linux. Same way we see Windows, IOS, Android locked.
Game co’s, big tech, and others will demand it, if the masses flee to Linux. Today, most Linux users go nah, we want freedom more than your AAA game. If that changes, we could lose the very culture that resists locked down corporate controlled computing.
There are certain games that refuse to enable anticheat on Linux. So if you play one of those games, you’re forced to use Windows. But that isn’t Linux’s fault. It’s simply the game makers refusing to enable Linux support. Multiple game devs have even stated that it’s basically an “enable on Linux” checkbox on their end, but the publishers want that sweet kernel-level access on Windows.
Seems like the answer is never. The masses are too addicted to PC games to give it up.
Linux is PC…
Also you can play almost all games on linux
And in some cases they run better then on windows.
true, although the opposite is also sometimes true. Really it’s mostly the same experience on a much less bloated OS that’s highly configurable.
I agree. But I think more to the other side of it. I worry that a vast influx, who don’t care about privacy and computing freedom, would make for huge market pressure to lock down Linux. Same way we see Windows, IOS, Android locked.
Game co’s, big tech, and others will demand it, if the masses flee to Linux. Today, most Linux users go nah, we want freedom more than your AAA game. If that changes, we could lose the very culture that resists locked down corporate controlled computing.
Gaming hasn’t been an issue for years
There are certain games that refuse to enable anticheat on Linux. So if you play one of those games, you’re forced to use Windows. But that isn’t Linux’s fault. It’s simply the game makers refusing to enable Linux support. Multiple game devs have even stated that it’s basically an “enable on Linux” checkbox on their end, but the publishers want that sweet kernel-level access on Windows.