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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Why are they specifically against Linux?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

There are so many variations/forks/distros of Linux that it is basically impossible to control the gameplay experience (prevent cheating) in a way that Epic want to. At least that's what they say.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Honestly, that's a pretty idiotic point. Going by that logic, it would also mean that cheating itself would be hard, since not every cheat/hack would work on every system.

Honestly, the main system they would need to work with is the Proton environment. And even games that don't have a native runtime have no problems with more hackers.

It's the same reason why some developers only allow the Steam deck to run their game: they think all Linux users are hackers and would either put pirated copies of their game in the internet or cheat in their games with ease.

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