Whilst abandoning the browser plugin stuff makes every sense (it never worked well, on any platform), dropping Linux/OS X at a time where those platforms are on

Whilst abandoning the browser plugin stuff makes every sense (it never worked well, on any platform), dropping Linux/OS X at a time where those platforms are on the rise (especially with Valve's move to Linux and Windows 8 being universally disliked) is probably not the right direction.