You need to include extra files and enable a flag for EAC to work on Linux. You don't do that by accident.

You also don't advertise that it works on the steam deck by accident.

Ok, I admit I was wrong.

Still user's problem if they manage or not manage to run the game through whatever translation and emulation layers they have instead of using official system requirements.

If the developer actively points out that they made changes so the software works on a specific platform and then actively disabled support for that platform later, I think people that can’t use the software anymore should get a refund.

I don't think this is accurate. Easy Anti-Cheat has supported Linux for a long time, many years before this. I doubt they were years and years out of date, updated, and allowing Linux was turned on by default in the new version. What they likely mean is they ticked the box in this game update to let it run on Linux.

Why would they specifically mention the Steam Deck? EAC doesn't have separate flags for Linux and Steam Deck. It's almost certain they intentionally allowed it to run on Linux. They call out Steam Deck by name because it is a popular handheld that has greatly increased the # of Linux users, not because an EAC update allowed it to work by chance.

What's up with people on here being jerks and saying

> you lie!

It's becoming more common, and I know I'll downvote anything that says it because it isn't constructive.

Back to the point, the quote definitely says to me that they support Linux other why mention that the game is playable on Steam Deck?

> why mention that the game is playable on Steam Deck?

Because it became playable? And now it's not. System requirements are still the same. You can see them on game purchase page.

So they declared that it was playable. And afterwards they took it away?

“Steam Deck” here means Steam Deck booted into Windows but not Steam Deck booted into Linux, I thought?

No, it means Linux. They enabled the easy anti cheat flag to allow running on Linux.

Wow.

.. that must have been some atrocious telemetry data correlating cheaters and Linux. I wish they’d released a report on it — I mean, fuck Ubisoft, but at least we’d have data to argue about rather than this copout of a release note from them.