Comment by tete

3 months ago

Fingers crossed for a smartphone next. So sick of that force fed walled garden crap from Apple and Google.

Might also help to slow down enshittification by a bit if there was a popular alternative. Maybe something like Waydroid could even ease with transition.

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carlos_rpn  3 months ago

Damn, a smartphone made by Valve would make me splurge for more than middle-low end, for the respect they give us alone.

It just needs my banking apps, and and I'll be happy to pay for it.

  • spacebanana7  3 months ago

    It's actually not that impossible, given how the DRM ecosystem trusts steam I could imagine banking apps doing the same.

    Some banks might even be up for putting children's banking apps on the steam deck to start with.

    • surajrmal  3 months ago

      Starting an application ecosystem is not trivial. Banks aren't going to rush to write a new app for an OS with such a small market presence. Banks also like and guide security features they rely on in phone apps.

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jerojero  3 months ago

Given that the frame runs steamOS on ARM hardware, I could see something like a phone in the future.

But also, phones don't seem to be the best hardware to play PC games which is kinda the whole deal.

I maybe would see first a smaller ARM based device (like those retro consoles).