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.
  • @[email protected]English
    6•15 hours ago

    If they know who is on Linux and who is reported as cheating, they wouldn’t use such a speculative metric to conclude that the cheaters are using linux.

    I would find it very hard to believe that they don’t know which OS each client is using.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•14 hours ago

      And then cheating rises again.

      So whatever caused cheating to decrease relative to the population (assuming that’s what’s being measured) is probably to blame.

      Here’s a different explanation:

      1. EA announces new update, so users flock back before it goes live (first major dip)
      2. Update goes live (steeper dip) and more users return to try it out; some cheat engines don’t work on the update, which adds to the dip
      3. Cheat engines start getting patched, hence the rise after bottoming out; number is still lower due to larger population (same number of cheaters)

      A better test is to keep support for Linux for the launch, then drop it in a minor patch update a few days later.