looks like Retro Game Corps took a look at the GameHub for Mac beta https://youtu.be/6lb8VCE60Cs

and based on that, it looks like my suspicions were pretty much right:

- still requires a GameSir login, still (probably) collects a lot of user data, just like the Android build
- like both GameHub and GameNative on Android, it seems to be a slick wrapper with a Steam login that lets you create per-game bottles/containers that can be configured individually
- (though references to specific Proton versions makes me wonder what's actually going on here, that's not something that actually exists on Mac...)
- compatibility is all over the place, and the number of games he tried that Just Worked was not a lot. not sure if this is an artifact of his test set or just the nature of Mac Wine. though i would say it tracks with my track record with CrossOver 🤷‍♀️

i think this is a really good start, but i probably won't touch it personally. i'd rather just use CrossOver or wait for someone to take the GameNative approach, i.e. do the same thing but open-source and somehow way better. especially since one of the YouTube comments indicated that they might charge a subscription for it 👀