I must admit - I am thoroughly shocked that not only are they doing it, but they’re actually going all the way to get their main game of Fortnite with upgraded Easy Anti-Cheat running on Linux too. Although, they’re going all-in with AI, and even mentioned the new app has been “vibe coded”.
I mean it’s Linux gaming support even if it is Epic but that AI comment, yeah…
Eh, that’s not really a concern to me. There isn’t a way to enshittify open source. Even if they could somehow convince the maintainers of the base kernel to shoehorn in some kernel-level garbage (which is insanely unlikely, it goes against everything Linux stands for), there will always be a fork of the kernel that ignores problematic changes but keeps the actual improvements.
As for the dropping 2 evil companies, I agree, but one is just a game. The game itself is predatory and problematic, but on Linux, outside of the actual game itself, it’s harmless. One program that is screwing you over is much better than your entire operating system.