Quote Originally Posted by junmoxiao View Post
Except that Square Enix doesn't treat it as "nothing more than a store." Steam licenses are sold as separate licenses for a separate platform, being treated on the same footing as Windows, Mac, etc. If SE wants to treat Steam as its own platform, then they either need to support that platform or discontinue selling an independent license for it. They do not sell separate licenses for every other digital store that carries FFXIV.
Steam isn't a platform, its a store. Regardless of how SE treats the steam license, steam is still nothing more than a store page and on their store page it straight up says;

OS: Windows® 8.1 64 bit, Windows® 10 64 bit, Windows® 11 64 bit.

They do not support linux, they are under no obligation to support linux, nor should they support linux. Linux gives users full access to the OS kernal which is just a breeding ground for hacking/exploits and its the very reason developers like Bungie flat out said they will ban anyone trying to play Destiny 2 on Linux.

Using Linux is a "at your own risk" situation. The game does not officially support it and its on you to deal with those consequences, not SE. They have no obligation to abide to a less than 1% crowd that Linux on their home PC's.