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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Some day it will make it’s way to banking apps/sites being unusable on OSes other than approved “secure” ones.
That day was years ago. Many banking apps refuse to start if you even just have your bootloader unlocked, and some banking websites only support Chrome, some really crappy ones even only Chrome or Edge on Windows specifically.
Chrome? You mean Internet Explorer.
“This website is only supported on Internet Explorer 6.”
Spoof you UA to get on it.
That is already the case on Android phones with unlocked bootloader. Banking apps (in my experience) will either completely not work or only with limited functionality when run on a unlocked phone.
Unlocked bootloader should be fine. Now rooted android is a whole different beast…
Trust me, it is not fine.
I have at least one app that disables major functions when Developer Mode is active in my stock android, even with a locked bootloader and without root.
Til then, stuff works on my phone/lineageos but i thought they only checked for root because then things can go haywire and become unsafe then.
It is mostly payment options that are affected from it, for example the Zettle App by PayPal
It’s all fun and games until Google moves unknown sources to the developer tab
Nice. Id instantly stop using those apps. But it looks like it just checks if dev settings are enabled. You can disable them again after unlocking bootloader you know :D
Oh the app completely doesn’t load on a unlocked bootloader, this is on a locked bootloader system where I just activated Developer Mode to show the message of the app. I know that I can deactivate it again 😜
Unfortunately I don’t have a system with unlocked bootloader right now to show the message that comes up then.
Unfortunately I have to use the app to be a able to take card payments for my business.
Why the F can’t I just use my Yubikey to log into my bank account.
To eliminate this cheat vector, we have made the decision to prevent access to the game for Linux users. This means that Apex Legends will be unplayable immediately for those running this operating system. Playing on handhelds, such as the Steam Deck, is still possible if the user opts to install Windows.
translates to them cutting off linux support so people will be forced to use approved operating systems like Windows which will require more hardware which means more money for those companies and more intrusive anti cheat software that gives users data away
way more than just about Windows and some games
this is about locking users into approved environments with no wiggle room just like on Tron
Oh no! Anyway…
Yeah I don’t really understand why people care so much. If you don’t like game studios doing stuff like this, just don’t play their games. There are plenty of games out there with great Linux support you can play instead.
Block EA on your steam store page!
Friendly reminder to give your fair and honest Steam review of Apex Legends after EA’s most recent changes. 😈
The game companies doing this shit will eventually incur the wrath of Gaben 👀️
I’m just waiting for a single player game to this, I feel like disabling Linux support is the new hot trend making triple AAA games. Like I already know black ops 6 disabled Linux support or will without even googling it
It’s funny how the reason is always that linux enables cheating by being open, but maybe cheaters wouldn’t be aware of linux at all had all the anti-cheat companies not been talking about it being a problem for the last 3 years.
