Comment on Apex Legends is, yet again, falsely banning linux players
ugo@feddit.it 10 months ago“Unsupported” (or “your mileage may vary” as you out it) means it lacks support. As in, if you try to contact support they are totally in their right to answer “sorry, this platform is unsupported, you’re on your own” if something doesn’t work or is buggy.
“Unsupported” does not mean that it’s a van able offense.
Given that, let me ask you: why do you think trying to run software on an unsupported platform without malicious intent should be banned, as you seem to imply?
comic_zalgo_sans@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 10 months ago
You’re pretty misinformed here. EA had to include the EasyAnticheat
.sofile in their Apex Legends builds to begin with. Otherwise, EAC will not run on Linux, period. This developer opted-in to EasyAnticheat running, and has continued to opt-in to this.This isn’t Valve “tacking on” support, the presence of that file is an explicit “we’re permitting this to work” (even if they don’t “officially” consider it supported).
tabular@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If they want money from from Linux users then they need to do better. If they don’t then offer out refunds.
Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 10 months 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.world 10 months 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.