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While it was wrong move, it is a legit option. Such streams just displays what many people actually do, especially those not very technically versed. So I see more of an exposure of many, than a single personal mistake here, because this is not an issue in isolation. And its good that we see this on display, because we talk and point to it and others learn why that needs to be done. I'm not defending his mistake, just talk more broadly about the issue.
We have seen ignoring warnings from other channels too... its more common than people think. I think people ignore this, because everything is overwhelming when new to Linux. They learn so much, experiment so much, its just like in Tokyo all lights blend you and then you just click off... ok... at this point I maybe defended his mistake. :D Goddammit I'm too optimistic!
Oh yea, it's the classic linux ethos where linux lets you shoot yourself in the foot. In fact in this instance it's even the highlighted option. You can tell he didn't even read the popup, he just auto clicked the button with muscle memory. This one is kinda on Valve though, they should make that option less appealing in my opinion. or even better have an option that will auto-precompile the shaders as part of the download process. So when the user sees the big green play button it starts playing the game.
There should be a short explaination of what and why the shaders need to be processed over several launches.