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Microsoft has long wanted to get vendors out of the kernel. It's a huge privacy/security/stability risk, and causes major issues like the Crowdstrike outage.

Most of those issues also apply to kernel anti-cheat as well, and it's likely that Microsoft will also attempt to move anti-cheat vendors out of kernel space. The biggest gaming issues with steamOS/Linux are kernel anti-cheat not working, so this could be huge for having full compatibility of multiplayer games on Linux.

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

"I’d probably be okay with kernel level anti-cheats if they actually stopped cheaters. "

"I'd be okay with espionage devices all around my house if it stopped documents from being forged."

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

All I use my machine for is gaming, so not having cheaters in games far outweighs the odds of being hacked by imaginary bogeymen.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

I am not really talking about being hacked but about anyone but you having more control over your system then you.

Maybe in your case thats very little information but I am a tech hobbyist and if i do not have full control and knowledge about every aspect of a device i bought, do i really own it?

If a consumer can’t fully own it, it shouldnt be sold as such. I considered such deeply unethical and damaging to the future potential of technology.