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Microsoft has an ambitious plan to win users back, and go toe-to-toe with Valve's SteamOS for gaming — but I'm not getting my hopes up (www.techradar.com)
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Microsoft is working on a new project labeled Windows 'K2', intent on removing bloatware, reducing AI, and optimizing Windows 11 for gaming, with three focuses of 'performance, craft, and reliability'.

the issue is not about performance, is about enshitification. I mean, do we need TPM? do we need Microslop account to login our pc/laptop? do they really need to shove Copilot into Windows?

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[–] 71 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Microsoft is reportedly looking at Valve's SteamOS as the benchmark for gaming

Yeah, that's Linux

Valve's SteamOS continues to show significant advantages over Windows 11 for gamers, with better memory utilization and improved in-game performance, but Microsoft has a plan to combat that.

Let that sink in for a second. Linux with a not-an-emulation layer API runs Microsoft Windows games faster than Microsoft Windows, and so now Microsoft is scrambling to get windows at least as efficient again as Linux in running Windows products.

Anyone ever trusting Microsoft again is a dumbass fool

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    We really need more alternative private non-stock unionized companies in USA made to go against Big Tech

    That's really what it comes down to. Better alternatives across the board

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Yes. If the community can win this hard ad-hoc, imagine the glory of buying from a dedicated employee owned vendor that provides a full stack solution with a support contract.

    There's nothing (legal) the enshitifiers could counter with.

    And even when they go full illegal (and they always do), there's more of us common folks who want a good product and a fair wage, than there are of them (exploiters).

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