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Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I wish they would have licensed it to use with Stream providers. That would replace Nvidia Shield and/or Apple TV devices in a few homes.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I suspect the DRM those streaming services rely on will start to budge on Linux in the near future, as it gains market share. In the meantime though, I've mostly been using Jellyfin lately, which ironically works on Steam Machine but not the other consoles. I've still got my PS4 from 10+ years ago for the regular streaming services, when I still have a subscription to any of them.

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I doubt, one of the reasons they kept this on a leash was the incredible amount of third party markets devices that flooded the market pushing malware and trackers. I don't foresee in a near future the Stream providers flexing more the rules. They will probably keep that close to the small amount of licensed companies and TV manufactures.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

They wouldn't be licensing it to Valve for this device; it would be the DRM vendor updating their software for web browsers on what had been a niche operating system and is becoming less and less niche of late.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It will probably have a boot to desktop mode like the Steam Deck and then you can run any stream in a browser.

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Unless there is a workaround that I'm not aware this would only limit to stream 720p in most browsers and 1080p in some browsers. We can't stream for example Netflix at 4k with this method that you described without a license for the device.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We can't stream for example Netflix at 4k

Netflix hasn't allowed 4k streaming via browser on any device in the past 10 years

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Ok, that is what I'm saying.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

You mean HDCP? I think it shouldn't be a problem on firefox or chrorium on Linux But i may be wrong, someone please correct me

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

The DRM on Linux browsers that all of these services rely on doesn't let you stream any better than 720p.