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What's a common feature of video games we could really use in real life? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Give me a Linux solution not backed by billion dollar corporations looking to consume as much data on you as possible, and I'll listen lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can you explain to me, a layman, why it should be Linux based and why that is a good thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The alternatives are:

Windows based solution: will be super bloated, locked down preventing customizability, and will try to obtain as much data on you as possible to sell to advertisers, I'm sure among other reasons others here will gladly point out.
MacOS based solution: Even more locked down than a Windows based solution, hardware may even be more proprietary so good luck swapping out components yourself to fix it, and will try to obtain as much data on you as possible to sell to advertisers.
iOS: same reasons as MacOS, with the exception of it not being as locked down.
Android based solution: is controlled by Google and therefore will try to obtain as much data on you as possible to sell to advertisers.

Alternatives to Linux like other Unix based systems, FreeBSD, etc. I don't know enough about, so whether or not it would be better on this kind of a product I don't know.