It’s not the gotcha that they think it is. Increasing share of Linux, steam deck or not is progress. Any development or considerations made for the SteamDeck and its Arch based OS benefit the non SteamDeck Linux gaming scene too.
Mostly a stab at Reddit PCMR, Lemmy PCMR has a different vibe.
People are buying a game system that uses Linux. They aren’t choosing Linux, and most of them aren’t using it as an operating system of any sort aside from gaming. So yeah. It only half counts.