Less of a rant, more of a rave.
Cool upgrade for hobbiests.
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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Ya from the title I expected OP to be complaining because they don't own a torx head screwdriver/bit.
Was expecting the same and I didn't even know they switched to torx. Philips screws are bad. I go out of my way and spend extra money to avoid them.
Are rants inherently negative?
rant /rănt/ intransitive verb
- To speak or write in an angry or emotionally charged manner; rave.
- To express at length a complaint or negative opinion.
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When Gaben dies there will be fucking riots.
I really hope he's cultivating at least one successor within the company to carry on his vision.
Valve is possibly the closest thing to a non-evil company in the world today.
This is why Gabe is my billionaire of choice in the forthcoming billionaire mercenary wars.
When the corporation wars start over the remaining arable land and drinkable water, I'll be joining the Steam Corps
Maybe this is going to be the real Half Life 3. You thought it was scary in VR? Get ready for IRL.
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I love their approach to Hardware and Linux but have we collectively forgotten that Valve had a huge part in pushing loot boxes and underage gambling? Far from being the least evil company, but still a net win for consumers and I appreciate that they exist.
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While other companies around the world are constantly in search of new ways to screw their own consumers
You bastard, take that upvote.
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Yeah what Valve is doing is great. Hopefully they will become more mainstream in the future and become more known with the super casual crowd. Nintendo definitely needs more proper competition in the handheld market.
Also FYI it’s Phillips with double L, Philips with one L is the Dutch electronics company.
I actually thought they invented those screws, thus linking them to their company. Glad to be enlightened
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As someone who used to run a louis rossman electronics repair business for a couple years before i burned out.
LG G5 was and still is my point to for perfectly fixable devices.
Motorola is trash because you have to dismantle the phone from the back layer by layer just to reach the front screen.
HTC was even worse with two tier motherboards and octopuss ribbon cables were a nightmare to navigate.
iPhone was/ is possibly the easiest fucking phone to fix, ironically...however by the iphone 8 and onwards apple found increasingly shitty ways to make 3rd party repairs nearly impossible.
windows phones, nokia, and others were hit or miss. tablets were long winded affairs but generally easy due to their inherent size.
ive been out of the game since 2019 when covid dropped. id really like to hear the inside baseball on any current operators running repair business.
i used Repair Shopr software to manage my customers. idk if thats still the go to or if another has bested it.
When I couldn't repair my Nokia and replace the 5 € USB-Port because there happened to be a small crack in the screen (of course you have to remove the glued on screen to accese the innards), I caved and bought a Fairphone 3.
Worst decision ever. The stupid thing refuses to break to let me even use the better repairability.
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I wonder if the decision has anything to do with selling refurbished units. It’s a good change, glad to see this!
That and they want as many Steam decks to be working as possible. They don't make their money on Steam Deck's as much as they make money on people buying games for them.
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Yeah I haven't even made an account on Epic to get free games from there. Valve almost single handedly made Linux a viable gaming platform and I'm grateful for that (I know wine has existed far longer than proton, but the difference before and after proton is day and night).
Even before Proton Valve was heavily invested in Linux gaming.
SteamOS has been around way longer than Proton, and the Steam Client had a native Linux version for such a long time, I don't even remember when it was published. Also, the Steam Linux Runtime is something worth mentioning - it is a common base that game developers can target instead of the various different distributions.
Torx screws and threaded inserts is not really that much effort engineering side.
It has more significant impact on the cost. Millions of torx screws and threaded inserts cost more than self tapping Phillips into plastic.
It’s almost like Valve doesn’t absolutely hate their customers.
Strange how a company with infinite money just produces stuff they like huh?
Every company should try that.
Look at the shit Apple produces and understand it is not only a function of money.
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