That sucks.
Apex was the game I played with my friends to keep in touch long distance. Guess I gotta find something new now. Sure as he'll ain't installing Win11 for it.
I guess it's been a long time coming. The dev decisions and priorities the last few years have really made it feel like I'm the last person they want playing their game.
There's still contracts that force anti-virus on servers and desktops so that may be their other source of revenue