VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoWhat are some video games you avoid?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some video games you avoid?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square65fedilink
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-down1·2 hours 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.
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.