@VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 21 hours agoWhat are some video games you avoid?message-square78fedilinkarrow-up152
arrow-up152message-squareWhat are some video games you avoid?@VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 21 hours agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareAmbiguousPropslinkfedilinkEnglish30•19 hours agoAny game that uses kernel level anti cheat, for obvious reasons.
minus-square@pseudonym@monyet.cclinkfedilink4•10 hours agoSorry I’m dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?
minus-square@Tudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•9 hours agoI’ll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.
minus-squareAmbiguousPropslinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 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.
minus-square@AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 hours agoCould also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.
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
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.
Could also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.