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Re:I forked SteamOS for my living room PC by ekianjo on Monday January 01, 2024 @09:14AM (#38831905)
> Nonsense. It's completely impossible to stop cheaters these days

on the user side, it's perfectly possible if you only play online with your friends.

The whole idea that we should be able to play with random people if we all accept to have a kernel rootkit needs to die. Ultimately that's exactly what the NSA and other agencies want you to support.

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Re:I forked SteamOS for my living room PC by IshKebab on Monday January 01, 2024 @05:32PM (#38835932)
Sure but most people prefer not to have to spend their lives finding enough friends that some are always available when they have 5 minutes free to play one game of Rocket League.

I suppose you could argue that games could offer an "anti-cheat free" version that can only be used in private matches. But I think you can imagine how many downloads that would get.

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