Some people care about gaming and doing work / homework. Steam Deck is not a great option for them.

If money’s no object, obviously a steam deck for portable gaming, an M3 Max for productivity / engineering, and a gaming PC with 4090 is the way to go.

With Garmin you pay €19.99 for this per month

With Garmin you pay ~$20/mo for a very different service. I use inreach to send and receive text messages to family when I’m offroading. I can send them locations I’m at, casual chats, and check in that I’m OK.

I fully expect Apple to offer these same things soon, but for now inReach has a different value prop that’s a lot better.

Side loading is the new USB-C, which was the new Stage Manager. There always has to be some huge unconscionable outrage.