Valve has dropped a sizeable update to SteamVR, paving the way for what appears to be imminent launch of its long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame. Valve’s latest update brings a good slate of standard Steam features to SteamVR. And with it, the VR runtime is ostensibly shaping up to offer a more VR-native user […]
  • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Valve doesn’t need any more telemetry than what they already get from the Steam client

    And, to be clear, Valve does get a lot of telemetry out of Steam. It is likely nowhere near as bad as macOS/Windows itself, but it’s not like it’s automatically going to be entirely private/secure just because it’s Linux.

    • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Absolutely, my point is that it’s likely no more telemetry than a custom Linux box with Steam would gather.