Proton 10.0-3 Released for Steam Play with Fixes, More Games Working
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The release of Proton 10.0-3 brings fixes and compatibility improvements for Linux gaming on Steam, but discussion centers around the lack of official technical support and concerns about game compatibility and business models.
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Onyl F2P games without paying for any micro-transaction guys while playing a proton title guys, the only non-scammy/sane way.
PROTON = 0 BUCKS for the moment.
Valve has to add a "Technically Supported Until EOS" green check mark... I could not care less of the "Verified" one (probably you could tolerate it if on steamdeck with the native steamos).
Not the case with proton(wine) titles on elf/linux.
Easy enough to understand this time?
Source on this please.
Let me bring up an example for the contrary: Persona 5 on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com//eula/1687950_eula_0 (from https://store.steampowered.com/app/1687950/Persona_5_Royal/)Funny, this kind of disclaimer is what you get from _FREE AS IN FREE BEER_ open source source software.
The only thing that happened is that the investors sued the company. As in, the only ones in a proper legal relationship with the company. None of this nonsense of software support / warranty that OP asserts.
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