Sure, but there are also lots of other ways around it. Non-chrome browsers (or Chromium-based browsers) still allow for good extensions that can block YouTube ads.

Firefox + uBlock Origin still works great, even when all the front-ends are broken.

Pipepipe has been more reliable for me, lately.

But who knows how long these alternative front-ends will last? It’s a constant cat and mouse game between volunteers and Google.

DA:O is peak CRPG. I love that game so much. I should do another solo nightmare playthrough, with a different class this time…

Except that it is still an option to only buy phones that allow bootloader unlocking and root? That’s been a requirement for me since my first smartphone.

Sure, but that’s kinda the point, isn’t it?

Linux has so many possible splintered ways that systems could be configured that it’s hard to support, especially when a Steam Deck native could then be adjusted to work by your userbase, without any support or testing required.

Still a win, and fair that Larian doesn’t have the budget for a full Linux release.