Cethin

Remember to use protection and make sure everyone consents. Your first time can be exciting, but you need to be safe too. Have fun!

GamePass on the cloud works, but MS has made a choice to not let it work on Linux. This is not an issue with Linux. It’s an issue with MS and Windows. They choose to distribute the games using a proprietary encryption method, which harms the user’s experience and makes it only work on Windows. You can’t mod your games (unless the explicitly allow it and let you decrypt it) because “fuck you, this is ours.” Fuck them. If they want my money they can make a better product that works where I want to be. You should hold yourself to that level too, not lick their boot and thank them for the privilege.

Yeah, on top of not having to deal with applications checking for updates when they’re launched, and then manually installing them, not having to deal with drivers is amazing. Windows users talk about how easy the experience is with Windows, but they’re just used to how shitty it is and haven’t seen the alternative. I just occasionally update everything in my system when I think about it and it’s good to go. No being forced to update and restart. No hassle. Just simple and quick and everything is up-to-date.

It feels like the trend is changing in that direction, but most games weren’t released in the past year or so, and even those were designed and built not thinking Linux would be where it is now. We’ll have to see how it evolves.

I agree that a lot of large publishers seem to be actively harming the experience to ensure Linux users can’t use their service, for whatever reason. That needs to change. They need to be punished for this, ideally by helping people switch to Linux and making them realize they don’t need those games if they don’t care about them as a user.