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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/baby_envol on 2024-11-02 07:09:15+00:00.

Disclaimer : I’m not jurist, I use a good source from french jurist, customer association and economie.gouv.fr (french gouvernement). This apply only for EU users, for US player , you can check your state law.

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Hi 👋 As the community see, many online games with anticheat working great, it’s a proof that it’s technically possible to fight cheat and keep Linux compatibility. But some games, like Apex Legends, chose to remove the Linux compatibility without delay. Since 2021, video games (physical and online) are under the EU warranty, named “Garantie légal de conformité” in french. To simplify , during the contract for a online game (from the start of playing to the servers shutdown), editor need to respect some rules, typically if the game working on Linux, he need to keep the compatibility. Only a economical or a technical impossibility can remove this rule. But as you said, anticheat work on Linux, and the game work great before on Linux , it’s not a economical or technical issue.

In this case, editor have few option : restore the compatibility, provide compatible material to the player or refund the player to close the contract.

As EU Linux player, you can contact your costumer association to attack legally EA about that if EA support don’t answer (typically a refund is enough legally).

For people who don’t understand, is like if a car maker change the fuel entry at remote, force to you use only compatible fuel gas station, when the car working on all before. The car maker need to remake the compatibility, provide a adaptator or refund the car.

As I said in title, because lack of similar case, it’s still “possibly” , not a sure win, but it’s seem logic and cost nothing.

If you are afraid to try that, you can just call your customer association on social network (EU customer association already attack EA for in apps games, because of in game virtual currency), and more important, call your MEP (member of European parliament) for a law change : anticheat windows only create a monopoly, in violation of Digital Market Act, we need a law to force editor of software and games to provide a native version or a version working with a layer compatibility (like proton for Linux gaming, or Rosetta 2 for Mac ARM software) with all operating systems (and all hardware architecture in a second time). EA can **** on few millions Linux player, but not on a 700+ millions customer market 🤓

As a no Apex Legends player , I can’t attack EA with my customer association, but I already contacted my MEP.

It’s cost nothing, it’s warranty nothing but it’s your better luck to stop Linux ban wave.

Thanks for reading ❤️