Either support Linux/BSD or don't.
1. partial support
OFFENDER: Netflix.
ChromeOS support but no other linux support?
ORLY?
2. opensource software abuse
OFFENDER: Sony, (via playstation mobile SDK.)
Aka, building tech that uses mono vm, and monodevelop to make a windows only SDK.
Are you kidding me? Sony has become a damn software molester. Is a disgusting abuse of other people's work. I dont want to use Windows, I want to use the open source software on the operating systems they were created to run on in the first place....
3. Last week's promised "Linux support coming next week." bullshit
OFFENDER: Google.
Are we getting google drive anytime soon? Like this decade perhaps?
My concluding words is this. As somebody who writes open source software for the benefit of all my fellow programmers. I give you all the choice to use my code however you like. However, there are principles called respect and ethics.
Much like when you go to a party and you see the chips and dips are free. That doesnt mean you can respectfully bring a plastic baggy and Tupperware so you can take a bit of the party home with you for the rest of the week. You cant ethically bring empty gallon jugs for some free punch either....
I am tired of seeing a complete ignorant lack of support for linux/bsd when the extra effort is TRIVIAL, despite the fact that these companies are benefiting from open source at a huge profit. It's really shameful in my honest opinion to neglect these operating systems.
If valve can port their Window's games over to Linux in a considerably short amount of time, these offenders can take the time necessary to make sure there is windows, bsd/MacOS, and linux support. (plan9 too? :D....keep dreamin)
Either support Linux/BSD or dont even attempt to. This isnt about "market share". Market share could change tomorrow and the biggest supporters of these operating systems today, will remember who gave us the shaft tomorrow. Just saying, can we be just a bit more ethical. Im not asking for a world of just open source free software, just asking for your software to work on the operating system many developers like to use in the first place. Especially if you choose to use software written under the principle of freedom...