VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoWhat are some video games you avoid?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some video games you avoid?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·12 hours agoAny game that uses kernel level anti cheat, for obvious reasons.
minus-squarepseudonym@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 hours agoSorry I’m dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?
minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 hours agoI’ll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.
minus-squareAdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoCould also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 hour agoYep, the other two commenters summed it up well: I’d rather not have software for a game that I play running and phoning home every time I boot my computer (in other words, a rootkit). I also am a Linux user, so they just don’t work for me.
Any game that uses kernel level anti cheat, for obvious reasons.
Sorry I’m dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?
I’ll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.
Oh ok thanks
Could also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.
Yep, the other two commenters summed it up well: I’d rather not have software for a game that I play running and phoning home every time I boot my computer (in other words, a rootkit). I also am a Linux user, so they just don’t work for me.