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EA / Respawn now block Apex Legends from running on Linux and Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 10 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is a silly beginning of a serious precedent.

Some day it will make it's way to banking apps/sites being unusable on OSes other than approved "secure" ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

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.