Linux has a great Open Source application for just about every need a desktop user has, yet just about everyone agrees that games on linux have been terrible until just recently. That brings me to a different conclusion than what most other users seem to have found for the gaming situation on linux.
My conclusion: There aren't many open source developers that care to make games.
And aside from that I also don't think many linux-users even play any native open-source linux games.
If my conclusion is correct then there shouldn't be a problem with welcoming closed-source games. If there aren't many linux users playing open source games it means there aren't many users for closed-source games to even steal from open source games. And if there aren't many open-source game developers, it really shouldn't be a problem for the linux developer community for there to be commercial options.
Finally, what difference will it make for there to be the same applications available for linux users as window and mac users? The majority of open source linux applications are already cross-platform and would be available for a linux user to still use if they wanted to move to Windows. The reason linux users are using linux and not Windows is definitely not because of the linux specific application selection. While conversely, the reason most Windows users stay with Windows (apart from the normal windows user not being competent with computers) is because there are many windows specific applications that can't be found on linux. I don't see how the linux community can really get worse from the status quo by welcoming closed-source games.
These worries make zero sense to me.
My conclusion: There aren't many open source developers that care to make games.
And aside from that I also don't think many linux-users even play any native open-source linux games.
If my conclusion is correct then there shouldn't be a problem with welcoming closed-source games. If there aren't many linux users playing open source games it means there aren't many users for closed-source games to even steal from open source games. And if there aren't many open-source game developers, it really shouldn't be a problem for the linux developer community for there to be commercial options.
Finally, what difference will it make for there to be the same applications available for linux users as window and mac users? The majority of open source linux applications are already cross-platform and would be available for a linux user to still use if they wanted to move to Windows. The reason linux users are using linux and not Windows is definitely not because of the linux specific application selection. While conversely, the reason most Windows users stay with Windows (apart from the normal windows user not being competent with computers) is because there are many windows specific applications that can't be found on linux. I don't see how the linux community can really get worse from the status quo by welcoming closed-source games.
These worries make zero sense to me.
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