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      25 days ago

      “Solves nothing” is a stretch. These companies don’t still apply anti-cheat because it does nothing.

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        It doesn’t just do nothing. They know for sure it does nothing, is not theoretically capable of doing more than nothing to prevent cheating, and that it is a giant security hole.

        They just don’t care, because it lets them install a rootkit on your computer.

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          24 days ago

          Oh, so it does nothing, and it’s a conspiracy to rootkit your computer so they can do other things(?). I see.

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            It does nothing to prevent cheating because cheating does not require access to your computer.

            The fact that they’re rootkits is not a conspiracy. It’s not a secret that they have kernel access.

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      Honestly Valve needs to have a policy for this. If a game that once worked on Steamdeck and now no longer works after publisher intervention then refunds need to be issued. I have BF2042, BFV and BF1 and 1 was the LAST one I could still play on Linux. Now I have 3 digital paperweights that I can’t play anymore. I want my money back.