• Mereo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately, I don’t think we have a choice. In this capitalist society, money is key to get things moving forward.

    Griffais says the company is also directly paying more than 100 open-source developers to work on the Proton compatibility layer, the Mesa graphics driver, and Vulkan, among other tasks like Steam for Linux and Chromebooks. https://www.theverge.com/23499215/valve-steam-deck-interview-late-2022

    If it weren’t for Valve, Linux gaming would not be at this advanced stage.

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      1 year ago

      For sure, and I’m stoked about it! Just nervous what things will look like in 5-10 years. Also, thanks for the link, I actually didn’t know they were paying open-source devs. That’s pretty cool and sounds better than the typical embrace, extend, extinguish methods.