EA / Respawn now block Apex Legends from running on Linux and Steam Deck

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

GamingOnLinux
@gamingonlinux How much do you think Microsoft paid EA to say and do this?
@cameronbosch Zero, don't be silly

@gamingonlinux Nah, saying Linux "iS fUlL oF cHeAtErS" is pure monopolistic and out of touch. Like Microsoft. Microsoft only "loves" Linux to enrich themselves and entrench themselves.

Short of an anti-trust suit and a forced opening up of Windows APIs, the anti-cheat situation may not be fixable without violating copyright laws.

@cameronbosch that's not what they're saying though, is it, let's not make silly stories

they're saying Linux as a platform enables actual cheaters to do their thing, which it does, as we've heard time and time again

it's not that legit Linux users cheat, it's that it's easier to do so on Linux

@gamingonlinux @cameronbosch
And where exactly did we hear that? Any actual cheat developers using linux?

@loonycyborg @gamingonlinux Exactly. Not to mention anti-cheat doesn't even work. There was even a study that showed this.

https://arxiv.org/html/2408.00500v1

If It Looks Like a Rootkit and Deceives Like a Rootkit: A Critical Examination of Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Systems