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Probably because you can buy a gaming PC. I don't complain very often about consoles being locked down because it doesn't affect me unless there's some platform exclusive I can't play. If there was a viable alternative to iOS or Android I wouldn't care quite so much about them.


You can also buy a phone with Sailfish OS or use a Linux phone. The option is always there.

I want to buy a PS5 and install SteamOS on it and play PC games. Why can't I?


You can't buy a phone with Sailfish or a Linux phone and continue to access your banks that require apps for 3DS that check the play integrity API so compatibility layers like Sailfish has or bluestacks won't work. I'd say the inability to access my money makes it a lot less of an option.


And I can't run Firefox on my PS5 or Xbox, the limitation is purely arbitrary, not technical.




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