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1: its impossible to use hardware acceleration on chromium browsers on linux

2: nvidia drivers and support are bad on linux,this is linux fault not nvidia fault.

3:no offical apps or games except foss bullshit. its unsupported usecase for every hardware and software out there.

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[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Yes, Fragmentation makes Linux expensive to support. -Companies frequently cite: Too many distros, divergent library versions, multiple packaging ecosystems, no stable ABI, and different kernels, drivers, and audio stacks.

Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, and Denuvo have all publicly explained that Linux introduces Kernel-level differences, security model mismatches, higher risk of bypasses, and more complex testing requirements.

Linux users are a high‑risk, low‑revenue audience. Linux users are extremely vocal, leave negative reviews for imperfect ports, demand open source, often refuse DRM, have far lower average spend, and expect long-term support for free.

If Linux were profitable, you’d see Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk, Corel, Avid, DaVinci Resolve full version, AAA game studios, and Enterprise productivity suites. -They'd be obligated to shareholders to support Linux IF it could be shown to be profitable to do so.