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I switched from macos to Linux because it can't stop babying users and being unnecessarily restrictive (lemmy.ml)
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I tried running a 2nd instance of Roblox simultaneously on macos 15 with another account but this shows up, if my mac can handle it then why can't it just let me do it? If I have two copies of an app like Roblox in separate User/Applications folders, macos moves them to the /Applications/ folder.

Sometimes it won't run apps claiming to be corrupted, so I then have to do sudo xattr -cr /Applications/someapp.app in the terminal and they run perfectly fine. It always nags me if I download apps from anywhere but mac app store. Some of these messages can only be gotten rid of by disabling system integrity protection, but then macos blocks you from running MAS apps due to having "permissive security".

I don't daily drive macOS anymore, I switched to Linux on my M1 mac where I can do whatever the hell I want.

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[–] skribe@aussie.zone 14 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Can you play Roblox? I thought they blocked it on Linux.

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why would they do that?

[–] pogmommy@lemmy.ml 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

All the 8 year old hackers running linux were toppling their child labor industry

[–] cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I am more suprised that they managed to use linux to cheat.

[–] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

They created a new anticheat for the PC version which broke Linux support

[–] BlackArtist@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Has that broken sober too?

[–] cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 12 hours ago

The newest one broke sober for a while but it works now.

[–] BlackArtist@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Has that broken sober?

[–] skribe@aussie.zone 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My understanding is that Roblox requires changes to the kernel to lock it down in order to prevent script kiddies from cheating. Linux makes that very difficult to impossible, so they abandoned/never supported the platform.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Jeez. Sounds like Roblox is horribly designed if the only way they can secure their servers is through client side measures.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 16 hours ago

Sounds like pretty much every multiplayer game with Anti-Cheat is horribly designed in that case...

Anti-Cheat software seems to be the last hurdle preventing widespread compatibility with Linux. Even when there is a linux version of an anti-cheat (BattleEye has a Linux version I believe) companies don't use that and still restrict their game to windows. Looking at you ubisoft and rainbow six siege

[–] Someplaceunknown@lemm.ee 11 points 22 hours ago

Sober lets you play Roblox on Linux