Re:Thank You, Valve
by db65edfc7996 on Monday February 07, 2022 @12:18PM
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>I draw a line at supporting kernel level anti-cheat drivers
Especially given the poor record of video game companies to take security seriously [0]. Even Rockstar's cash cow game [1], there was the lowest of low hanging performance fruit available that was not addressed by any ongoing effort. Why should I believe that any game company rushing to push some release out the door is going to take their kernel patch seriously? Security is hard and Intel/AMD/professional kernel devs screw it up all the time.
Especially given the poor record of video game companies to take security seriously [0]. Even Rockstar's cash cow game [1], there was the lowest of low hanging performance fruit available that was not addressed by any ongoing effort. Why should I believe that any game company rushing to push some release out the door is going to take their kernel patch seriously? Security is hard and Intel/AMD/professional kernel devs screw it up all the time.
[0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjwd8n/hacker-drops-steam-ze...
[1] https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times...
Edit: fixed the formatting