of course this month steam catches me for the survey on my $100 microcenter special that i lovingly call “the craptop.” but i still hit submit.

  • NotJustForMe@lemmy.ml
    391·
    8 months ago

    After twenty years on Steam, I’ve been asked three times to participate in the survey on my gaming setup, and on three occasions I played on Windows. No survey in the last five years while using Linux. :)

    I’ve got it twice on my work laptop, where I used it just for the messenger, back when I ran an active community for a game.

    Not sure if I want to trust that data.

  • psmgx@lemmy.world
    26·
    8 months ago

    Can’t decide what market to develop games for if you don’t know what people are using. Even craptops

  • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
    141·
    8 months ago

    Got it today. It seemed wildly confused about storage (2T drive for Linux, 1T for Dedicated Genshin Console Win10) but there will be at leadt one Void user polluting the data.

    • Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      7·
      8 months ago

      You should be able to play genshin on Linux - the workaround launcher still exists and arweanticheat says they unintentionally fixed it - I can’t confirm this though

      • sleepyTonia@programming.dev
        2·
        8 months ago

        I recently just straight up installed and ran Genshin Impact without any workaround. Just kept it isolated using Bottle. And it ran near flawlessly from what I could tell.

  • only0218
    11·
    8 months ago

    Me when I make a Windows or Linux VM, First thing that steam does is ask for survey…

  • jrgd@lemm.ee
    6·
    8 months ago

    I’m glad I am not the only one who calls my little ASUS netbook craptop. Kinda flimsy and definitely underpowered, but a perfect little device to run basic applications and terminal applications on a minimal window manager.

    • downhomechunk@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      7·
      8 months ago

      And here i am thinking I’m original…

      But you’re absolutely right. It’s perfect for basic browsing, signal or to ssh into my vps. It’s not at all suited for gaming, but maybe MS flight simulator will add support for dual core celerons next month because of me!

      • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        8 months ago

        Three are lots of old games and new indie games that should be fine as long as you’re not trying to run them on a pi zero. Low specs don’t mean you can’t play any games at all.

    • sugar_in_your_tea
      3·
      8 months ago

      Ikr? My options are Best Buy (not really an option) and online stores. I used to have a Fry’s, then I moved and they went under.

    • downhomechunk@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      I actually live close to two microcenters! And I could walk to a best buy, but I never do. I sure miss frys, but I’m glad microcenter is still around.

    • stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi
      33·
      8 months ago

      Because if the company (Valve) knows there are many Linux users using their software, it will use it’s resources to help Linux. They make Proton, which is FOSS, and contribute a lot to Wine and Linux in general.

      • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
        9·
        8 months ago

        2nd. By doing the survey on craptops or VMs, developers just might try lowering their sysreq’s down a notch. Additionally, as far as proprietary software goes Valve might be the most benevolent of them all so giving them support through the opt-in survey is a huge help as it evens out the playing field with those who play dirty and just take your info regardless.

    • null@slrpnk.net
      10·
      8 months ago

      Weird threshold. You’re already using that proprietary software on your computer. What’s to stop them from gathering that data regardless?