I read your comment. I didn’t downvote.

I’m using the “you” in the colloquial sense, i see that wasn’t apparent to you. (You as in you the singular individual)

I understand you are against kernel level anti cheat. That’s ok. That’s an opinion. But your argument that it’s some kind of secret which games have it or not, is not a matter of opinion. It’s verifiable. And It’s just not true. It’s not a secret. You can easily find out if you want to.

You can make the argument that platforms should make publishers divulge that information on the games page. And I say sure, why not.

But it always will be your responsibility to make sure you know what you’re installing.

Unfortunately. It is an armsrace against cheaters. And 1 single cheater can easily ruin the entire experience for hundreds of players. I understand why games might want it. I hope they can find more clever ways of detecting cheats without it.

As a final word. Lemmy is a big place. It’s utterly ridiculous of you to assume I’m the one who downvoted.

People need to take responsibility of their own machines.

While they might not hold out a sign that says “KERNEL LEVEL ANTI CHEAT”. There is information available to make an informed decision.

Your cake and fork argument makes no sense at all. The game company isn’t telling you what you can and can’t do with your hardware. But they are telling you what you will be installing. It’s there if you know where to look. And if you don’t know where to look. You have the combined knowledge of the world at your fingertips for guidance.

I don’t know what you do. But when I buy a cake. I look at the ingredients to see what and how much it contains of various things. If I don’t like what I see, I won’t be buying it. Because I certainly won’t be eating it.

And I’m also not going to buy a plastic fork to eat it with. See how I made that decision. The cake company didn’t make me buy a certain fork, and the fork company didn’t make me buy a certain cake. I decide.

It’s ultimately your responsibility to understand what you are installing. Information is available.

No one is forcing you to install their game.

It’s so easy to look up what kind of anti cheat games use.

You can’t eat the cake and have it too.

They don’t have a right to install anything without your consent. However. You pressed the “Install” button. And you boxed in “I understand” and clicked “I agree”.

You know what also isn’t done by a significant part of the world? Eating insects. But im not gonna go and call their eating habbits weird just because it’s not something I grew up with.

It’s called being tolerant and accepting of others culture.

These are the people who call South Korea for “Occupied Korea”. Anything will always circle back to something bad the US does.

All you need is to look at their post history to see the clear agenda. I hope he gets paid. Otherwise it’s just sad.