Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
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Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#2I absolutely love this. It would be easy enough for Valve to say "do not open the Steam Deck" and leave it at that. Instead they present clear, sensible reasons for recommending against opening the device while acknowledging that this advice won't stop anyone who really wants to open one up.
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#3I absolutely love this. It would be easy enough for Valve to say "do not open the Steam Deck" and leave it at that. Instead they present clear, sensible reasons for recommending against opening the device while acknowledging that this advice won't stop anyone who really wants to open one up.
Of course they are still saying "do not open". It voids warranty.
But they are not going out of their way to make it hard.
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#4I absolutely love this. It would be easy enough for Valve to say "do not open the Steam Deck" and leave it at that. Instead they present clear, sensible reasons for recommending against opening the device while acknowledging that this advice won't stop anyone who really wants to open one up.
Of course they are still saying "do not open". It voids warranty. But they are not going out of their way to make it hard.
They actually made it very clear to say that "the warranty doesn't cover any damage that you do" by opening it, not the act of opening it.
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course they are still saying "do not open". It voids warranty. But they are not going out of their way to make it hard.
They actually made it very clear to say that "the warranty doesn't cover any damage that you do" by opening it, not the act of opening it.
As far as I understand, no warranty does, it’s just that car companies (where warranty work is usually talked about) err on the side of happy customers, even when it’s those customers’ faults (like burning a clutch too much because someone doesn’t know how to drive a manual. E.g. maaaaaaybe it might have been a bad clutch that caused it to die after 20k miles)
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#6This is a whole new type of gaslighting being employed by big corporations in the war against the right to repair.
The pervasive practice of designing hardware that is difficult to take apart or service needs to end, full stop.
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#7This is a whole new type of gaslighting being employed by big corporations in the war against the right to repair. The pervasive practice of designing hardware that is difficult to take apart or service needs to end, full stop.
Easy to repair, inexpensive, high quality
It’s choose two situation, no?
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#8This is a whole new type of gaslighting being employed by big corporations in the war against the right to repair. The pervasive practice of designing hardware that is difficult to take apart or service needs to end, full stop.
You can’t have tiny surface mount components packed onto the PCBs in phones without trade offs in repaiability. No one[a] is going to buy a game console made of discrete logic and through hole passives when the PS5, X Box, and Switch do a much better job at giving consumers what they want with 0402 (or smaller) passives.
I applaud Valve for doing this video. They’re admitting that the device is too complex for the average user and that they shouldn’t mess with it, but they also are going to provide replacement parts and a teardown guide should you know what you’re doing. That’s a step in the right direction.
[a]: yes, I’m sure some would want this (especially if you asked on here), but I’d bet that the majority of non-tech people don’t care
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#9I absolutely love this. It would be easy enough for Valve to say "do not open the Steam Deck" and leave it at that. Instead they present clear, sensible reasons for recommending against opening the device while acknowledging that this advice won't stop anyone who really wants to open one up.
Of course they are still saying "do not open". It voids warranty. But they are not going out of their way to make it hard.
In the US, the FCC has made it clear in recent years that “warranty void if removed” stickers are illegal. Manufacturers can only void the warranty if they can show that any defects are caused by your tinkering.
Re: Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t
#10This is a whole new type of gaslighting being employed by big corporations in the war against the right to repair. The pervasive practice of designing hardware that is difficult to take apart or service needs to end, full stop.
Easy to repair, inexpensive, high quality It’s choose two situation, no?
My personal preference is (1) and (3). Buy once, cry once. Not buy and discard in 3 years because the battery is non-removable-for-your-safety™.