It would be really nice if at some point PS5s could get a second life as cheap Steam Machines or even desktop PCs. I surely wouldn't buy one now, but in a few years as a cheap second hand purchase it would be nice to have Linux running on them properly. So it is quite sad to see someone skilled with making that happen leave like this.

Yeah, I’m tired of paying money for devices a corporation controls to make it work in their best interest instead of mine, even if there is a small hope of hacking my way into root access that I should’ve had in the first place since it’s legally MY device I bought and paid for. At this point, a Linux gaming PC can play most games, and any console exclusives will be available to emulate at some point, but even if they weren’t, I’m not giving any more money to assholes like Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft.

I get your point but steam itself is not open, right?