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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

They tweeted this graph in early December:

[…] In this chart, we're displaying the infection rate, or the rate of matches that had a cheater present. […]

Note how the graph is missing labels and how neither it nor the tweet include information on how these metrics were gathered.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

That chart doesn't even show correlation. Cheating was having a downward trend then. Continued the downward trend after banning Linux users. What?!?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

I wonder how the graph looks compared to school semesters stopping and starting. I bet it’s similar

[–] [email protected] 24 points 19 hours ago

(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.