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Re:Valve Restricts Accounts of 2500 Users Who Marked a Negat... by matheusmoreira on Saturday April 15, 2023 @02:52PM (#35583450)
Whatever. I guess I never lurked in those circles. The real hackers used to shame them and run them out of forums. Maybe you shouldn't be playing with these skids at all instead of aksing for non-solutions that do nothing but normalize intrusive corporate malware.

I don't fault the skids either. As far as I'm concerned they have as much computer freedom as I do. The only solution is to whitelist the people you play with.

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Re:Valve Restricts Accounts of 2500 Users Who Marked a Negat... by gabereiser on Saturday April 15, 2023 @04:46PM (#35584367)
It’s a multi-million dollar business now. Make a cheat, add a paywall, charge people. Lookup “The Wiggle That Killed Tarkov” on YT [1] (nvm, here is link). This is an epidemic not some leet hacker proving he’s master over his domain. It’s kids and young adults paying Mr.X $9.99/mo to see thru walls and auto shoot your dome.

[1] https://youtu.be/p5LfGcDB7Ek

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Re:Valve Restricts Accounts of 2500 Users Who Marked a Negat... by matheusmoreira on Saturday April 15, 2023 @05:36PM (#35584783)
So what. It's literally just a game. Not important enough to sacrifice our freedoms and control for.
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Re:Valve Restricts Accounts of 2500 Users Who Marked a Negat... by gabereiser on Saturday April 15, 2023 @09:08PM (#35586309)
People kinda get attached to the media they play. [1] [2]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlIXK2L_180 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRmU91YJFo4

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Re:Valve Restricts Accounts of 2500 Users Who Marked a Negat... by narigon on Monday April 17, 2023 @12:59PM (#35603473)
Competitive integrity is one of the things that makes competition fun.
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