Valve has always “let you” install SteamOS on anything you want – it’s copyleft software; they don’t have a choice.
What’s different now is that Valve will be facilitating you to do it by packaging the software in a less Steam Deck-specific way to make it easier.
I realize some might think this is a pedantic distinction, but it’s not okay for the media to disparage Free Software by ascribing more authority to Valve than it actually has.
Valve has always “let you” install SteamOS on anything you want – it’s copyleft software; they don’t have a choice.
What’s different now is that Valve will be facilitating you to do it by packaging the software in a less Steam Deck-specific way to make it easier.
I realize some might think this is a pedantic distinction, but it’s not okay for the media to disparage Free Software by ascribing more authority to Valve than it actually has.