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points by opengrass 4 days ago | 0 comments

Maybe they haven't realized how convoluted their licensing system is, and as Gabe Newell says, piracy is a service issue.

[–] craftkiller 4 days ago

While I'm sure that would help, I still wouldn't use Windows even if it was completely free and distributed as easily as Linux. Windows has some serious problems with dark patterns like ads in the start menu and telemetry everywhere. The software is slow and bloated. The lack of a package manager makes each application run their own updater (though they did at least put the drivers inside windows update which was a step in the right direction).

[–] rewgs 4 days ago

Windows does have a package manager nowadays. I install the majority of software with Winget, and Chocolatey and Scoop fill in the gaps.

[–] kasabali 4 days ago

those aren't package managers rather a catalog of automated installer switches.

[–] raincole 4 days ago

It has very little to do with piracy. The whole PC market is suffering [0].

[0]: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/worldwide-pc-shipments-have...

[–] pjmlp 3 days ago

Valve will be missed when the new management generation takes ownership, some folks have this dream Valve will be forever as they stand today.

[–] rf15 4 days ago

...who is ironically a former MS employee.