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Comment by suprjami

3 years ago

"Software company A pays software company B to develop open source software that company A relies on".

Seems pretty good open source success story to me?

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Tuna-Fish  3 years ago

Yep. I really hope that the Steam Deck line will be a smashing success going forwards. Because Valve has set the whole thing up exactly in the way that most benefits the broader industry and consumers as whole as opposed to extracting all the value for themselves, and it would be great if this was actually rewarded.

  • mox1  3 years ago

    Perhaps because they view the people using the device as their primary (or perhaps only) customers?

    As opposed to a lot of other hardware manufacturers, where the end-user is 'part of the ecosystem', along with advertisers, and other 3rd parties.

    Microsoft and Sony certainly look at Xbox end users (aka gamers) a bit differently than Valve does. They need to keep publishers and advertisers happy. Valve has one audience...others have three (maybe more!?).