• Batmorous@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    That’s very strange… it was reported at 4-5% last year too wasn’t it. Rico, why is it the same percentage as then and why is the acceleration still slow?

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      4 months ago

      2023/4 was steam but it was also before Microsoft started losing their mind thinking forcing people into AI would just blow over.

      I expect 2026 will have a couple more percent as a load of people are trying to escape and some of them will make it.

      why is the acceleration still slow?

      1. There’s no marketing

      2. Fear. Linux used to be a lot more complicated. It has a reputation. Windows is still far better at getting you to a gui if you really fuck it up. Checkpoints on updates and safe mode save a lot of peoples bacon.

      3. Game performance is still markedly slower, and anti-cheat titles are unplayable.

      Games are getting better, ease to install is getting better. Title availability is slowly getting better, but a lot of it is electron, so the titles themselves are getting worse. Wine/Proton is amazing and improving every day.