Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve’s tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/2330473

  • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
    13·
    15 hours ago

    How do you feel about Google requiring apps to be notarised by them to run? How do you feel about locked bootloaders? How did Google get to be able to do that in the first place? I outlined steps that are required to get there and where Valve is on that timeline (this HTC Dream, attempt 2).

    • Lfrith@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      For PC you can Frankenstein random hardware so you aren’t at the mercy of prebuilt OEM options.

      Now look at phones and see how easy it is to make your own from scratch with parts. Then look at OEMs and how many will even let you unlock the bootloader.

      Then look at how many iOS options there are for phones not from Apple. Mobile hardware freedom was dead from the get go compared to PC. Why? Hardware roadblocks for mobile compared to PC.

      • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        3 hours ago

        Are you sure that’s relevant when every major Android OEM locks their bootloaders now? Illusion of an open system.

        • Lfrith@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          When has Android been open? How many people do you know building their own parts to make their own Android phone from random parts? Android has mostly been at the mercy of OEM prebuilts.

          • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            There’s been definitely way more people running custom roms 10 years ago. Xiaomi got a start with a custom rom.

    • PKscope@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      14 hours ago

      I feel like you’re purposefully ignoring everything that’s being said. I understand what you’re saying, but it isn’t applicable in this case. It’s just a PC man. A Linux based PC. There’s nothing mandatory about using steams services on the hardware, nor given the announced architecture, could they enforce such a requirement.

      Linux ≠ Android. One is open source, the other is not. And to add, it’s pointless to discuss what might happen on a theoretical piece of hardware multiple generations away. You might as well argue that Windows will go open source in 2035 based on the fact consumers never pay for it for home use.

      • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
        13·
        13 hours ago

        You could build entire working Android system, dialer, launcher and other regular stuff included, from source. You had to supply some binary blobs for kernel drivers due to ARM platforms being a bit of a clusterfuck but that’s about it. Did people forget this already?