Hey, guys. @ryper@lemmy.ca brought to my attention that Valve already addressed the situation about the batteries for the steam deck LCD.
For those who are out of the loop, I posted this news article earlier today: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/it-looks-like-ifixit-wont-be-getting-any-more-steam-deck-lcd-spare-parts/
Here’s the most relevant bit from this article:
The Reddit story wasn’t necessarily false. Earlier today, iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens confirmed to The Verge that it had indeed heard that Valve would no longer make replacement batteries or screens for the original Steam Deck LCD.
But by afternoon, Valve and iFixit had already managed to change that. “They have hooked us up with a supplier, we’re working on it,” Wiens now tells me. And if Valve does decide to sunset the part in the future, iFixit says it’ll be ready to take up the torch by using an aftermarket supplier instead. “I want people to know we are going to find a way to get batteries for these things,” says Wiens.
Plot twist: Valve was never in the battery manufacturing business, they were always third-party batteries just sometimes embedded in devices for first party sale.
Okay, but whan if I want a second-party battery
That would be directly from the supplier I guess?
I’ve always assumed 2nd party is just when the 1st party sells you a 3rd party’s goods/services.
Kinda like subcontracted?
I used to get my old Oneplus phones repairs scheduled through the Oneplus website, but I was just given a shipping label for a different company in texas. I consider that 2nd party🤷♂️
As far as I understand it, there’s no actual “official” definition. Second-party can mean both:
From the main supplier but retaining a different supplier’s branding (as opposed to rebranding, which makes it first-party again even if the manufacturer doesn’t change).
OR
The buyer, analogous to the second-person point of view (“you”), so in that context, a second-party battery would be one you build yourself.