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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/blocking-linux-steam-deck-in-apex-legends-led-to-a-meaningful-reduction-in-cheaters/

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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters

Back in October 2024, Respawn announced they were blocking Apex Legends on Linux platforms (including Steam Deck). Apparently this has worked quite well for them.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #steamos #SteamDeck #apexlegends #anticheat
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Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻
Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻
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"Does this mean Linux users / players are cheaters or cheat more than players on other platforms? Well, no. The issue is mainly that cheat makers like to run their exploits on Linux whenever they can, so blocking Linux as a platform is the easiest and bluntest tool game developers have to combat the problem. On Windows, they have kernel-level access for their anti-cheat that they don't have on Linux as well (although the benefit of that is debatable)."
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Daniele Pantaleo 🦥:verified:
Daniele Pantaleo 🦥:verified:
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should they change their mind and reinstate Linux following the increase of SteamOS/SteamBox users, Valve should consider kicking them out of the storefront...
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Paul Hansen
Paul Hansen
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Imo it's disingenuous of them to share a percentage like that without more context.
It looks like they lost up to 18% of their playerbase over that time period. If they didn't account for that, then it would be more like 15% less cheaters, which if the numbers are low enough, could be like one guy that was multiboxing and hasn't switched his machines to windows yet

https://steamcharts.com/app/1172470#1y

Apex Legends - Steam Charts

An ongoing analysis of Steam's player numbers, seeing what's been played the most.
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Z-Ray Entertainment
Z-Ray Entertainment
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interesting to see their cheating already dropped prior to lock out #linux. Not sure if these two things really are connected?
#linux
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Luna Lactea
Luna Lactea
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I wonder why they don't just regionlock games by operating system like they do for consoles if they're so worried about it.

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