I asked some questions on r/SBCGaming recently about features I want to see in a gaming handheld. "Can you play music with the lid closed?" "Does it have Linux support?" "Can I put a custom menu on the bottom screen?"
I got a lot of downvotes, and a few dismissive comments like "those are all just software problems, right?" "I don't know what OP is complaining about, just install an app for that."
I'm like... my guy, do you think apps are magic? do you think software just exists because someone *thinks* about it??? software support is awful, especially on third party devices.
Remember how on Android you can't give apps access to your SD card anymore, and the new "apps have to request a file location" thing isn't backwards compatible, so lots of accessibility software is dead and it's entirely Google's fault? That's "just software problems" and it's been plaguing us for over ten years. Software is HARD.
So yeah I'm not gonna spend $300 on a device unless I have some reason to believe its software is going to be supported, thanks. What the fuck.
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