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I think Lee is one of the biggest critics of Proton, and Valve embracing it as the default way to deploy games on Linux. From Valve's point of view makes compl
by mariusor 3y ago
I think Lee is one of the biggest critics of Proton, and Valve embracing it as the default way to deploy games on Linux.
From Valve's point of view makes complete sense, dedicate resources to a single point of development that improves how their whole catalogue runs on Linux, as opposed to paying porting companies/individuals - like Lee - for each game to be ported to a native Linux version.
It also makes complete sense that Lee (and Ryan C. Gordon - icculus) to be against a platform that makes their skills irrelevant[1] and actively cuts their contracting opportunities. Therefore a promotional piece for these skills might be silent on an otherwise relevant topic.
[1] and also theoretically provides worse performance and compatibility.