Jakob Fel

I haven’t used an Ally and I love Steam but objectively, I’d recommend the Deck. Phenomenal ergonomics, amazing software (Bazzite is good but doesn’t compare), good build quality, right-to-repair friendly, Valve is an American business (not important to everyone but it is to me) and you’d be supporting a company that has done nothing but make PC gaming amazing.

I encourage getting one with or without tariffs. 100% worth the money. I also don’t think they’re going to go up in price, particularly not with Valve. I’m fairly certain people are massively overreacting to the tariff thing.

Not my fault some folks look for every possible reason to hate on people they don’t like.

I can definitely relate, similar experiences were my initial reason for getting a controller for myself. I ended up becoming a controller geek, though. Right now, I have a PS3 DualShock clone, a Logitech controller with DualShock ergonomics but Xbox face buttons, and then I have retro controllers for Sega Genesis and the SNES. Looking to expand beyond that eventually but virtually any game type works flawlessly with that setup haha

Oh gotcha, did you try messing with Steam Input to see if you can sorta force that game to work with one?

There’s obviously a serious pedo problem in nations’ governments across the world because that’s really the only explanation for the continued existence of such a thing.

Did you seriously just do the Ackchyually meme?

Just about the LAST thing this world needs. Bad enough we have loads of spineless men already, and female birth control pills are ruining women as it is.

Unencrypted platforms like FB, Insta and Discord are said to be full of CSAM and nobody does anything about it, yet E2EE chat apps like Signal are the “problem” and governments “need” a backdoor to those. Just sad.

There have also been reports of idiotic wannabe influencer parents who sell risqué images of their daughters on Instagram, which is massively disturbing.

For the short term, perhaps. Only reason they’re so expensive is because of how few countries are capable of chip manufacturing. The plan of returning American industry gives the US an amazing opportunity to increase chip production and make the supply chain more affordable.

#LetTiktokRot

I wish they’d just let TikTok die. Literally worthless platform.

There’s no shame in getting a good USB controller for your games. I’m hardcore PCMR but I have no issue with PC players using a controller. The fact that you actually have those options is an excellent example of why PC is so awesome.

The fact that it’s “shady” for a company’s CEO having an opinion tells me you’d do better in a communist dictatorship. Just saying.

Wine definitely deserves credit but without Valve’s support of Proton, Linux still wouldn’t be viable for most gaming.

Still not going to get me to try any Windows handheld. Steam Deck or die for me.

I can understand where you’re coming from. As a lifelong PC gamer, it took me ages to adapt to controller usage (I use a controller on PC for some game types now) and I still can’t play any sort of shooter with a controller.

It’ll inevitably take time. You’re shifting from existing muscle memory, to an attempt to develop an entirely different kind of muscle memory. I’d suggest trying to use a PC for as many tasks as possible, even for stuff you usually use your phone for. Even general PC usage will help your muscle memory to develop.

Don’t give up, you’ll get there eventually!

Anything for people to avoid using services like Proton Mail. They’ll ask for a Mozilla webmail, an X web mail, but won’t use an objectively more secure service. Baffles me 🤷‍♂️

All Scripture is God-breathed. Take it up with Him.

Again, read the Bible. That’s all I’ll say because it’s obvious to me that you’ve probably only read scraps through third parties within the context of progressive “Christianity”.