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A lot of older PC games can run just fine on modern phone hardware. I'd buy a SteamOS version of a phone that has some modular or built-in set of buttons and analog sticks. I don't know how the app ecosystem would work for sensitive things like banking but it's mostly a minor issue for me.

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[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I already have a smartphone, no intention of buying another one.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

This is what is known as a "hypothetical question", the idea is that your don't answer based on your actual situation, but based on a hypothetical one.

So, now imagine instead that a wizard teleported your current phone into the plane of fire, destroying it, and you have a gift voucher that can only be spent on phones that's "one free phone" and there's a Steam Phone in the shop. Would you want it? Would you buy it?

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Even if it would offer privacy?

[–] xep@discuss.online 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago) (1 children)

Because GNU/Linux

Edit: GNU/Linux, not kernel Linux

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 1 hour ago

Android is Linux, and that hasn't stopped Google...