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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters
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this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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Sounds like a scapegoat. Am I to believe that cheaters would install Linux, just use a cheat in a game?
If they can detect cheaters, couldn’t they also detect if the cheater is using Linux? Where’s the stats?
They tweeted this graph in early December:
Note how the graph is missing labels and how neither it nor the tweet include information on how these metrics were gathered.
(Replying to myself) Even if these numbers are legit, we don’t know the process or exact metrics used.
This data may include falsely banned players on Linux (which was reported before they restricted Linux) and may exclude many cheaters on Windows (any of those who weren’t caught). We don’t know.