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GOG officially announces GOG Galaxy for Linux (lemmy.ml)
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Overview page: https://www.gog.com/en/anniversary

Direct sign up for Galaxy Linux beta: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/YEF5EV/

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[–] 6 points 3 days ago (8 children)

This is true, but also kind of depressing that Capitalism is now so insidious that people treat gaben like some kind of benevolent philanthropist for choosing to sit on a huge ongoing cash cow that makes more money directly to his bank account than he's physically able to spend, rather than IPO it.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (6 children)

    On a scale of rich guys, he's currently one that hasn't done stuff to upset me. But of course, he's no God. And the moment he or his company turn into soulless money whores, the trust will evaporate. But for now I'll be happy that they're contributing to things that don't directly generate cash for them.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (5 children)

    Eh? How does becoming the main platform for Linux gaming not generate cash for them?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (4 children)

    Who said anything about them not making cash. Just that it isn't their soul purpose. Their contributions to proton and stuff are helpful to everyone. And now it's encouraging the likes of gog and epic to try, with varying levels of quality. But it's something. It breaks us from the singular standard desktop gaming os.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (3 children)

    they’re contributing to things that don’t directly generate cash for them.

    Who said anything about them not making cash.

    You did. Don't you read your own posts or something?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Them selling games makes direct profit. Them improving a compatibility layer for another operating system creates more potential customers, sure. But it also lets people play most of their games from elsewhere too.

    Proton isn't a direct cash generator, it's a fortunate bonus of them having so much money and nobody else to answer to.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    On one hand I think I finally see what point you were trying to make, but on the other it reinforces my original point even more that the bar is now that damn low that we've got people simping for a marketing strategy like it was some act of philanthropy, because it happened to create a useful thing.

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