I’ve done all of that on my Nintendo 3DS… I’m being obtuse with that, but what you listed is not the Steam Deck’s primary intended purposes either, gaming is its primary use and Valve’s not being nefarious omitting secondary uses.
As a converse example: the fact you could play games on a Tesla vehicle, doesn’t mean Elon Musk has to call it a games console car.
I’ve done all of that on my Nintendo 3DS… I’m being obtuse with that, but what you listed is not the Steam Deck’s primary intended purposes either, gaming is its primary use and Valve’s not being nefarious omitting secondary uses.
As a converse example: the fact you could play games on a Tesla vehicle, doesn’t mean Elon Musk has to call it a games console car.
From their own website:
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/
Console-like =/= Console
PC = **P**ersonal **C**omputer