Why put the SteamDeck as an unnecessary middle-man in that scenario… ?.. Why not just go from PC directly to TV ? (either by Network or adapters or something ?)

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

Gave me goosebumps, bro. ;)

Same is happening to me. I just assume it’s not legitimately in the UPS system yet. (although some on Reddit got deliveries and never got updated shipping… so it could be that UPS system is already hitting “holiday slowness”)

I think I might pee myself a little when mine comes in. (fingers and toes crossed it comes in safely)

This worries me because I live in an Apartment building with key fob access and I’m unsure if UPS will try to deliver over the next couple days while the Office is shortened hours due to Thanksgiving… ;\

I have a UPS tracking number (early this morning)… but it still says “No tracking information yet”.

Well,. like any company really,… Apple wants to stay competitive and work to ensure their own in-house solutions work better (or have better features).

I think Apple has a pretty good position to stay ahead of this game. They’ve done very well over the past 10 to 20 years fleshing-out the integration (overall) of their entire ecosystem,. to the point where it has a lot of upsides (to people who use it).

If you’re already deep into the Apple ecosystem,… them adding RCS support likely isn’t going to drastically change much for you.

A significant part of Apple’s marketing strategy is:… “Hey,. if you have 1 Apple device (say, an iPhone) and you’re thinking about buying a 2nd Apple device (MacBook, AppleTV, AppleWatch, etc),… they all work seamlessly together”

Those “Ecosystem advantages”… are kind of Apple’s thing. No amount of “forced interoperability” is likely to change that. (IE = any User who is already in Apple Ecosystem… is unlikely to say “Hey… now I can over-ride all the defaults !”

Windows and Android fanboys notice stuff like this. Apple fans generally don’t care.