@somercet @matana
Interesting question, but since I do not plan on repaiting my steam decks on mass, I don't realy care.

On the other hand, the ability to fix my things myself is truly important.

To come back to your analogy, if buying a sserialized car means, that heated seats or remote locks will be locked behind a monthly pay, while custom car will have heaters breaking a few rules, capable of heating up the car even in Russia, then I will obviously preffer the custom one.

Locked OS of game consoles is a tool to lock away multiplayer. Something, that should never have been legal in the first place.