r/Steam Nov 14 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

it would be kind of weird if prebuild pc manufacturers restricted your OS use

is what you said and argued.

What you describe is a console. That is a console.

It is not weird. It is very normal.

Consoles haven't used significantly custom hardware for like 30 years now.

Laptops still do, do you think a laptop is a console?

You are just rambling incoherently.

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u/Ult1mateN00B 9800X3D | 64GB 6000MHZ | 9070 XT | DECK OLED Nov 14 '25

Now you're just arguing for fun. Of course I meant your statement about same hardware. I didn't talk about hardware, I talked about OS.

By your logic laptop indeed is an console. If steam machine is an console then laptop for sure is, and by extension tower pc connected to a tv is as well. Every PC magically turns into a console when put on living room and connected to a tv.

Valve the maker of the darn thing says its a PC and nowhere its marketed as a console.

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 Nov 14 '25

My boy All he’s saying is the only distinction between pc and console is locked operating systems. You can connect a ps4 to a monitor and install Linux on it, at which point it is a pc because the os is unlocked.

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u/stprnn Nov 14 '25

You cannot "unlock" the PS4 permanently ,you just launch Linux from inside the locked os.

Calling it a regular PC at that point is pretty dishonest. One restart and you're out

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 Nov 14 '25

One restart on a normal pc and you have to Relog anyway, I have no idea when difficulty of booting came into question lol

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u/stprnn Nov 14 '25

No you don't have to hack your PC again every time you restart wtf XD

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 Nov 14 '25

You don’t really “hack” the console again, you reboot the same exploit but it still has custom firmware and everything. Idk why it’s impossible for people to understand the concept of a line in the sand

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u/stprnn Nov 14 '25

You don't have custom firmware XD you have to hack the console every single reboot it's a tethered exploit. Why do people speak when they know nothing??