He’s clearly claimed that there’s basically non-existent support for the Ally. Clearly speaking in the present tense.
That was about the customer support. Obviously, I thought, but hey, nuance is dead, and some people just like to interpret everything someone says in the most negative way possible for some reason.
Could've added the word "customer" there, I guess.
And I definitely stand by the statement Asus' customer support being basically non-existent. I mean, it is THERE, but often even harmful, so... it has gotten so bad that many people (not just me) avoid Asus products due to that reason alone, unrelated to the actual product quality.
the ‘future’ bit was a later pivot.
No such thing as a pivot in what I wrote.
Just your odd tendency to want to feel attacked by sth to defend the Ally? Idk, can't speak to your reasoning, it doesn't make sense to me.
How does manual update differ from what is often romanticized as ‘community driven updates’ when it comes to his preferred handheld?
In duration, which is exactly what I wrote.
I have almost zero trust in Asus (and even less in smaller manufacturers) to not let older models fall off the wayside in a few years, definitely software support-wise, possibly hardware support-wise as well.
Meanwhile, I have no doubt that SteamOS will be continually updated to support any past and future Deck variants. Valve's approach to this just seems to be entirely different - which makes sense, since they actually develop the OS themselves (beyond being Arch-based).
