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I agree that its not for everyone but I was bothered by the "its difficult to be part of gaming social culture where everyone buys games at launch" or something like that.
It's sad that we even have peer pressure to buy new shitty AAA games on launch. Part of me is glad that linux kind of forced me out of that hype driven exploitative crap that is AAA games. I mostly play indies now. Unfortunately not many of people are willing to do that and only go for the newest shiny, but that's their pregorative.
That being said, pretty valid critique, although the fault is not just Linux fault, it's more complicated than that (device drivers, manufacturers, publishers etc not supporting linux). But like was said in this thread, attitude matters: If you are willing to learn and are into computery stuff, you'll get way more value out of linux than from windows, even if you can't play the newest lootbox shooter.
(I do miss playing Apex Legends tho but I'm not booting to Windows to play that lol.. Would also be nice to try Halo Infinite someday.)
For real. I'm glad my friends aren't those drones buying the exact same EA/Activision/Ubisoft games every year, and instead we played over the years things like Don't Starve, Trine, Left 4 Dead, Stardew Valley and a whole lot of Dota 2. I cannot imagine what it's like to have your gaming experience so limited to online godamn shooters, I'd rather just find another hobby if it gets to that.