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		sadeshmukh 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level ant... DRM is often removed after a little while since it is meant to delay the cracking at launch, where most people are going to buy. Anticheat is not.

davrosthedalek 9 months ago [–]

DRM does not help me, the honest buyer, to enjoy the game. Anticheat helps me, the honest buyer, to enjoy the game.

Would I prefer a world where kernel-space anticheat is not needed for the games I like to play? Yes. Is that realistic? Probably no.

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