• @TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    4 months ago

    steam deck is locked to a steam account

    it requires internet to verify that on first launch

    otherwise it is a great device. If it could use apple’s messages.app then i would be so happy.

    • @xthexder@l.sw0.com
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      274 months ago

      You can still install whatever OS you want on it, unlike a PS5. It would be nice if you could get into desktop mode without signing in once, but that’s not the end of the world. You need a Steam account to even buy it in the first place, and they’re not tracking you nearly as much as say Microsoft.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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      234 months ago

      If it could use apple’s messages.app then i would be so happy.

      That’s an Apple problem, not a Steam Deck or Linux problem. Apple refuses to allow support on non-Apple hardware.

      • @LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        Don’t they HAVE TO open their messaging app now with the “EU Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act”?

        EDIT: Huh, no they don’t (link) cause they are not “core platform”…