| You like me for my (always right) conspiratorial takes I got another one: Look, follow the money, Microsoft knows Windows 11 on handhelds is a dumpster fire right now, and they are not ready to drop their own "Xbox Portable" yet So how do they keep the market from moving to the alternative SteamOS/Valve? They trojan horse the "alternative" Think about it: Bazzite pops up, gains massive community "trust", every traditionally pro-MSFT media talk about it, and then coincidentally becomes the loudest voice trashing GPD's HW support, why would they do that? It's a classic Embrace, Extend, Extinguish play FUD: Use Bazzite as an "undercover" $MSFT project to make GPD look like a risky, unoptimized mess Damage: GPD takes the hit because they are actually trying to innovate, while the "community" devs (who are definitely on a $MSFT gang) tell everyone to just buy an Rog Ally ($MSFT Partner) or wait for the next Microsoft Xbox handheld Pivot: Once GPD is sidelined as a "niche hobbyist risk", Microsoft drops a polished Handheld UX for Windows, Bazzite magically "loses funding" or support, and everyone gets funneled back into the Game Pass ecosystem on "approved" hardware Bazzite isn't a "community project", it's a trojan hose GPD bet on the wrong horse thinking that community was neutral |