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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23時間前

Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"

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Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"

www.pcgamer.com

sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23時間前
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Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its 'religious' refusal to 'build a more closed system'
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The company says subsidizing hardware costs is ultimately worse for the consumer.
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    Do they at least have a clause in the TOS to not use the Steam Machine to build or use nuclear weapons?

    (iTunes had one and that shit will never stop being funny)

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      Why would anyone buy it then?

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      What if I connect it to a 3D printer and then download a car with a gun in the trunk.

      Think of the children.

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        Those sound like things children would love.

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