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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/RainOfPain125 on 2025-07-18 04:02:03+00:00.
From what I understand, a lot of common Anti Cheats like Battleye, Easy Anti Cheat, and so on are all compatible with Linux - but it is entirely up to the developers of a game to enable support for their Anti Cheat to run on Linux.
And that they have to do little, if anything, other than enabling it to run on Linux.
Like whats the fucking deal? If Linux users made more noise about it in the games forum or community, could it actually do anything? Or is it genuinely easier and better PR to continue beating the dead horse of "Linux is used for cheating" mantra?
I just don't get it. I can understand not putting in the effort to make a Linux version of a game, but going out of your way to not allow the AC to run seems daft.
edit: And I do NOT mean like "haha how can I go spam 100 devs".
I mean more like... a resource that makes it far easier to track down where to appeal and discuss in a game's community. Like if https://areweanticheatyet.com/ had links for each "denied" and "broken" game to a forum thread about adding support, or etc.
I have maybe a dozen games in my steam library that won't work. Maybe the Linux layman does too. But I don't think they're gonna go out of their way to check each individual game and find out the formal, best way to reach out and ask for support. Especially for games thst are NOT on Steam (notably in my case, Escape from Tarkov