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Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare
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That's because l4d runs on x86 and new macs are arm chips.
Also important that Mac primarily supports their own proprietary graphics api, while other platforms support open standards like Opengl and Vulkan. Which makes coding games for Apple a pain few are willing to endure.