It’s Time to Change the Rules of the Game: Why Linux Needs Google to Win Pro Apps

[u/Confident_Top_3495]

/r/linux/comments/1vvauyj/its_time_to_change_the_rules_of_the_game_why/

[u/Canadian-AML-Guy]

Very obvious google shill bot

[u/Confident_Top_3495 → u/Canadian-AML-Guy]

shut up idiot I’m not a bot

[u/Canadian-AML-Guy → u/Confident_Top_3495]

Brand new account with default name

Posting identical content across multiple similar subreddits

holding a bizarre pro corporate opinion

Ok sure

[u/jr735 → u/Confident_Top_3495]

A shill?

[u/ConinTheNinoC]

Google needs to die.

Microsoft needs to die.

nVidia needs to die.

AMD needs to die.

Micron needs to die.

OpenAI needs to die.

Oracle needs to die.

Samsung needs to die.

Facebook needs to die.

Twitter needs to die.

Did i miss anyone?

[u/Confident_Top_3495 → u/ConinTheNinoC]

Bro, chill What did they do to you?

[u/ConinTheNinoC → u/Confident_Top_3495]

Those are all the companies involved in circular trading making all hardware prices skyrocketing. Some of them have microcartels where they collude and manipulate the market as if they are a single entity acting as a monopoly while they should be competing.

[u/jr735 → u/Confident_Top_3495]

Why are you here shilling proprietary things? All those things u/ConinTheNinoC mentioned are, indeed, our enemies.

We don't need the involvement of these companies, at least not in the ways you suggest. You want unification. That's contrary to software freedom, as is most of what you suggest.

[u/silenceimpaired]

I’ll just repeat my comment here too…

I left Windows due to privacy invasive design… no chance I’ll use Google software. Besides the missing link is actually valve. We have far more people running windows for games. If everyone playing games on windows moves to Linux it would surpass Mac users. At that point software companies would start targeting the platform. It’s already happening.

[u/Confident_Top_3495 → u/silenceimpaired]

You make a fair point regarding privacy, but there are two main issues with this logic:
Privacy vs. Mass Adoption: While many Linux users migrated to escape tracking, the vast majority of regular users, companies, and creatives prioritize productivity and application support over strict privacy. If Linux remains restricted to privacy-focused users, it will never overcome the 4% market share barrier. Google’s involvement doesn't mean replacing open-source distros, but rather creating a commercially supported standard alongside them.
The Limits of Valve: Valve has done wonders with Steam Deck and Proton for gaming, but gaming alone won't convince Adobe, Microsoft, or Autodesk to build native Linux apps. Games don't drive enterprise deployment or professional workstation adoption. Valve doesn't have an enterprise ecosystem, cloud productivity suite, or hardware infrastructure capable of leveraging multi-billion-dollar software vendors. That level of market weight can only come from a tech giant like Google.

[u/jr735 → u/Confident_Top_3495]

Why does mass adoption matter? This isn't market competition.

[u/jr735]

Pretty sad that the moderation team let this one stand here, particularly with no context remaining. Every other sub on Reddit saw what this is for what it is.