That sounds like a shit workaround, why would they do this?

What is even the point of this? What the fuck?

I feel like this was inevitable at some point. Developers are always so stubborn about supporting desktop Linux that, even if the Steam Deck is popular, it doesn't surprise me they'd throw a wrench into desktop support. I hope Ayaneo does well with their Linux-based handhelds so it'll make it harder for developers to just target gaming handhelds.

reminds me of those websites where they won’t work if you’re not using Chrome but they only check the useragent so if you spoof it in Firefox, everything works perfectly fine

"spoof" is a big word here

How are the load times given the lack of direct storage support on linux?

That's a new one, but I can't say I wasn't expecting this to happen at some point lol