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Since I would want someone to mention to me, if I was being jerked around by Microsoft while just wanting to enjoy my Steam library:
You’ll be surprised how much of your Steam library runs (with minimal effort) on Bazzite Linux and it’s probably less hassle to install than doing a Windows downgrade.
What happens? (If, because again, that’s not what has happened, so far.)
- GrapheneOS would continue, but probably not manage compatibility with the next Pixel phone.
- Various forks of Android Open Source get created, with mixed success. Existing phones will keep working, new phones with proprietary servers drivers are much less likely to work.
- We create something like
ndiswrapperto help us extract weird new phone hardware drivers and make them work with open operating systems. - The fully open phone hardware projects suddenly get a bunch of new customers.
The last point is the only thing I’m confident is preventing Google from taking their fork of AOSP fully closed. (Yes, I know it wouldn’t be legal. But I’m not sure their lawyers think they would be held accountable. Most people don’t understand the existing laws Google already breaks daily since purchasing YouTube.)
This change will also have minimal impact on most developers. App developers are unaffected, as it pertains only to platform development.
Bullshit. Not being able to follow along with relevant changes absolutely affects us.
Trunk based development is a good idea. Working in secrecy is not. They chose evil.
This is a clear indication of a lack of commitment to open source.
Sure. But it’s also a choice between a library that will forever cost $70 00-$90.00 per game, and a game library infamous for game sales so good that an average player cannot finish their library because the seasonal sales are too good to pass up.