• Audrey0nne@leminal.space
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    5 months ago

    What shit? As far as I can tell they are being completely transparent about their designs to acquire your data.

    How exactly do you suppose a device like the Steam Deck even came to be? By harvesting user data, now Sony wants a seat at the table and suddenly they’re the fucking bogey man? Give me a break.

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      they are being completely transparent about their designs to acquire your data.

      and so are we by voicing our opinions

      How exactly do you suppose a device like the Steam Deck even came to be? By harvesting user data,

      Any source for that claim?

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        Well there’s the monthly hardware and software survey and whatever users didn’t willingly provide was probably bought from Google. I mean I wish I could find a source but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out how companies who want to sell you things would go about selling you things. I could if you ask nicely, give you a basic summary of how marketing data is used by entities seeking profit to R&D products and services.

        We’re all voicing opinions. I chose mine and don’t begrudge yours.

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          there’s the monthly hardware and software survey

          It’s optional.

          whatever users didn’t willingly provide was probably bought from Google.

          Ah, yes, probably.

          I mean I wish I could find a source

          No surprise there.

          We’re all voicing opinions. I chose mine and don’t begrudge yours.

          More like false accusations.

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            More like false accusations.

            This is gold. Imma remember this one fondly.

            I’m not accusing Valve of anything, other than presenting the likely scenario of how using monthly hardware and software survey in conjunction with data bought from Google went towards the development of the Steam Deck. If you cannot accept that as a plausibility that’s your problem not mine. The proof you keep getting your gaiters in a twist over could only come from corporate espionage or Valve themselves releasing to the public.

            Picking my statement apart did you no favors in trying to prove your point. Honestly don’t know what your point is other than you’re mad I’m not on my knees gargling daddy Gabe’s balls as hard.

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              did you no favors in trying to prove your point

              There is no point to prove. You just made shit up and try to defend it by “but it’s a possibility”. It’s pretty hard to argue against a made up scenario of Google buying data from Valve to fund Steam Deck.

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                there’s the monthly hardware and software survey

                It’s optional.

                whatever users didn’t willingly provide was probably bought from Google.

                Ah, yes, probably.

                I mean I wish I could find a source

                No surprise there.

                We’re all voicing opinions. I chose mine and don’t begrudge yours.

                More like false accusations.

                Your words in bold to highlight how hard it is for you to believe that Valve bought data from Google to create the Steam Deck.

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                  it’s not about probability it’s that you just made it up.

                  Valve has better, more probable sources of income, like for example, Steam?, they take a cut out of every sale of course they’re swimming in enough money to fund whatever project they desire.

                  And I know that Google is willing to buy any data, but what for would it need PC specs? What marketable insight about a person does it provide? “ah this guy has a high end graphics card, he uh, well he could be a graphic artist but this is data from steam so he’s uh probably a gamer ig”

                  I understand your instinct to doubt every company out there, it’s a good instinct, companies are not your friends after all, but man, at least try to make your claims against those companies plausible not just possible.

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                    Yeah my claim is that Valve used the data from their monthly survey and anything that was not willingly provided from users was bought from Google to R&D the Steam Deck. If that isn’t a probable or plausible scenario to you then you simply don’t understand why marketing data is useful.

                    I never said anything about selling out to Google.