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The developers of Apex Legends have announced that they're going to be blocking the game completely on Linux platforms including Steam Deck.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if this was some garbage ploy by Microsoft/shitty developers to make Linux look bad for being unsupported to increase the spyware that microsfot peddles

[–] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

You're right. This is pure FUD, and hopefully entities like the European Union see it for what it is.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They want a backdoor into everyone's computer who plays their game. What could go wrong??

I would not be one bit surprised if this is really being used for data harvesting. Anti-cheat is really just like an Android App trying to gobble up all your marketing details to sell to the highest bidder.