Definitely that it provides me with the chance to do whatever I want. I have a few okd tablets and phones lying around. I can’t use the iPad anymore because no apps support the ios and I can’t update it any further. I was able to find a use for the Android table as a second monitor, but that is pretty iffy and might not work for long. Wanted to use my old phone to leave a small Python script running for a few days. Couldn’t even get Python to work because I’d need an app for that and no app supports that ios.

With the Deck, I am not stopped from updating my firmware just because the hardware may get old some day. I can run whatever program I want, including older versions. I’m not forced to use the newest version of some fucking app just to run Python. Valve gives me the hardware, a good OS and allows me to do whatever else I want. It’s freedom to use my stuff that I paid for in a way I want. No other consoles allow that.

Emulation.

Metroid prime trilogy, demons souls, breath of the Wild, etc. I love how well just about everything emulates on it. Even if you don’t use emudeck, SteamOS plays so well w/ having emulators or emulated games as non steam games.

All my emulators are right in my library next to my native games. Extremely clean experience

It’s that easy? I’ve been wanting to mod Borderlands 2 and 3 but it sounds intimidating

Making mods on airplane is also cool 😎

Playing PC gems I couldn’t play with consoles.

Like NFSU2, MTA San Andreas, Scarface: The World is Yours or even Mugen games