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What's a big tech product that you actually find useful? (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RandomVanGloboii@feddit.it to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most of us in Lemmy know the importance of privacy and owning your devices in a big tech owned world (me included) but for once I thought to make the opposite question and ask if there are products by them that you actually use and enjoy them.

Important to say, I mean products you use even though there are alternatives, not monopolies like YouTube.

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[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Steam or anything from Valve

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Agreed, but the prices on Steam are fucking ridiculous nowadays so they can occasionally put things on "sale"

I just opened it and it was trying to sell me Half Life Alyx for sixty fuckin quid

[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Thats fair but steam is such a blessing imo:

Its so convenient
linux support is huge and better than windows with some games
family sharing, etc..

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

The standard price for AAA games on all platforms went up somewhat recently, at least where I'm at. It's not just steam that went up, I think that's just the industry standard nowadays, as crappy as it is.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Seems like a regional issue? Steam has the same price as any other store here in the US. Excluding subscriptions.