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The Steam Deck is software-freedom friendly

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305 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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paradite ◴[03 Apr 25 13:03 UTC] No.43569010[source]▶
I might be missing the point of the author, but what's the difference between Steam Deck and a normal Windows gaming laptop in terms of software freedom?

Wouldn't you have more software freedom on Windows? Because you can run both Windows and Linux software (via WSL2).

I use macOS, Windows and Linux daily. They are all pretty open to installing and running your own software. And all of them have some sort of security measures that prevent you from running arbitrary apps unless you close some scary warnings or bypass it with some flags.

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1. butlike ◴[03 Apr 25 14:08 UTC] No.43569943[source]▶
It always briefly crosses my mind for a second when I install older games that package some ancient C++ redistributable with the installer.