- cross-posted to:
- pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
It is a bigger, don’t have the Steam Controller dongle integrated, and you need to manually install SteamOS on it.
But you get a machine that can be upgraded way more easily than the Steam Machine, and a better GPU from the start.


I have a 15% vat in my country so I guess im just not used to the US not having a vat. Stupid US stop excluding tax from your prices its insanity
The trouble is, tax rate varies dramatically across the whole U.S. We don’t have a consistent nationwide VAT like much of the rest of the world.
Not gonna lie, sometimes US seems way more divided up than EU
Ok so make it consistent then? Doesnt seem like a problem to me.
Somes states don’t even have sales tax
Civil rights aren’t even equal from state to state.
That would be a good place to start
Easier said than done.
There is no Federal VAT, and each state decides its own tax policy. Most states charge a “sales tax.” Some states charge more, other states charge less. These are set by the state and depend on each state’s overall budget and taxation structure. For example, a state like Tennessee that doesn’t collect income tax may require a higher sales tax to meet budget demands, whereas a state like Oregon that collects a high income tax may have no sales tax at all.
What’s more, some states let local municipalities charge sales tax. Alaska actually charges no state sales tax, but allows local sales taxes. Several states have both a state and local sales tax. So even within a state it can be different depending on where you are.
So instead our prices don’t include tax and we just know we have to throw on anywhere from 0% to 11% depending on our location.
In order for pricing to include taxes, you’d have to display a different price for every state or municipality. Or, we’d have to get everyone to agree on one VAT standard, which will not happen because different states have wildly different ideologies regarding taxation.
Ok I will leave it to you to do what you gotta do to fix it. Bring them in line. You’re in a country with 52 cats right now.