cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3398415

This was a big issue ~5 months ago, and they ended up unbanning all of the linux players (I know reddit sucks, I’m sorry, but it’s currently the best source of info I could find): https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/11gaefo/ea_is_falsely_massbanning_steam_deck_and_linux/

However, three reports from this morning (including myself) just rolled in, as well as a few others from the past month (check recent replies): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557

One of the banned players from this morning was also banned (then unbanned) when this was an issue 4-5 months ago.

More recent reddit posts about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/15uqt7w/linux_users_getting_falsely_banned_again/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/15ur654/apex_legends_linux_users_getting_falsely_banned/

Valve’s github issues: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4350#issuecomment-1684189384

  • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    They don’t want money from linux users. They never wanted money from linux users (to my knowledge).

    If you buy a bunch of apple peripherals and then switch to linux, you don’t get a refund from the apple store.

    • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s fair to assume shareholders want money from anyone who will give it to them.

      Local laws determines if you can get a refund so I can only argue I think you should get a refund if a product stops working due to the manufacture.

      Personally I’d rather not buy from them in the first place but there is likely a benefit to showing Linux users will buy it if you treat them right.

      • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I think it’s fair to assume shareholders want money from anyone who will give it to them.

        By that logic, McDonald’s is accountable for not serving lobster. I mean, I want lobster and I might be dumb enough to give McDonald’s money for it.

        • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          A closer analogy might be selling uncooked food that is safe for people with a peanut allergy and then one day adding peanuts as an ingredient after they’ve paid for a shipment. [It should go without saying avoiding a peanut allergy reaction is more important than preventing a company locking you out of entertainment software you paid for]

          It’s my hope that corporations will learn it’s a dumb choice to needlessly cut off their Linux users but a better choice would be to not play video games where a company can arbitrarily lock you out in the first place. I hope someone is working on a libre version of Apex.