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A comment on Roblox intentionally blocking Linux with Wine in their new update.

Re:Roblox intentionally blocking Linux with Wine in their ne... by yarg on Sunday April 23, 2023 @09:17PM (#35682596)
> Unfortunately this block was intentional. With the Windows 64-bit client launch we made the conscious decision to block the use of Wine.

> First and most importantly, we are not trying to punish the use of Wine.

Not punishing, but certainly showing a callous disregard for them.

You did this deliberately, and they had to come to the forums to find out?

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Re:Roblox intentionally blocking Linux with Wine in their ne... by jrm4 on Sunday April 23, 2023 @10:18PM (#35682953)
Punishing

I don't get why people often feel the need to sugar-coat this.

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Re:Roblox intentionally blocking Linux with Wine in their ne... by sugardough on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:52PM (#35683482)
Punishing could refer to bans (anticheat) when used in gaming context.
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