• realitaetsverlust@piefed.zipEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    I’m never going to understand how people can be so addicted to a game that they would rather deal with ads and AI on OS level

    • thejml@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      6 months ago

      Momentum and lack of time and awareness.

      Most people don’t associate Windows as anything they can change. It’s what came with their PC, it currently works, it does what they want, the only thing they do is play that game and maybe surf the web… and even if they do know and care, when they get home late from work, the first thing they think is “let’s eat and then unwind with a game and go to bed”.

      If more computers came with Linux from the factory, you’d see a better uptick because it’s done, it works, etc.

    • KernelTale@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I am addicted to League of Legends. I do spend wast majority of my time on Linux but I dual boot when I want to play League into my 60GB partition. It’s not like I have not tried to quit but it is an addiction.

      • dgdft@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        As a recovering Leagueaholic:

        Friendly reminder that League worked perfectly on Linux for many years. Riot yanked support for zero reason other than a generic “fuck you” stance.

        Come vote with feet when you’re ready :); I can only speak for myself but the grass has been much greener.

  • felbane@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 months ago

    Meanwhile, me running Fedora 24/7 and still playing Fortnite just fine with my kids: 🌕👀

    • blarth@thelemmy.club
      3·
      6 months ago

      Moving from Windows to Linux would be simple if not for some video games (and probably design tools).

      • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        6 months ago

        Design tools are getting better. I find Gimp usable with PhotoGIMP plugin, Inkscape being somewhat useable for basic svgs made for web (mostly icons), blender is great, but I don’t know it yet, so cannot comment properly. It’s getting there, just slowly. I made a bunch of one-task scripts with imagemagick and it’s a breeze! It’s very easy with any GPT. So it’s not that bad as it was a decade ago like.

    • Shortstack@reddthat.com
      2·
      6 months ago

      Just like me the OP wants to move off of windows but there’s a game that just doesn’t work right on Linux, so keeping the ringwindows is what ends up happening