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Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading by ErneX on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @06:30AM (#45744937)
Those are mostly to prevent cheating (which is pretty bad for an online game) rather than piracy.
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Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading by i-chuks on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @07:01AM (#45745180)
What about Ubisoft with ubisoft connect
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Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading by wredcoll on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @10:36AM (#45747394)
How is that steam's fault?
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Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading by crtasm on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @10:52AM (#45747624)
Ubisoft Connect is separate from the DRM on their games as I understand it, it's a game launcher, achievements tracker, friends system, advertising method, etc.
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Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading by kuhsaft on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:55AM (#45748583)
Which is the same as root-of-trust attestation.

Which is better:

- Having applications provide kernel-level software to provide attestation.

- Or having the OS provide root-of-trust attestation, but also requiring signed binaries, and preventing global root privilege escalation.

The third option would be neither, but players want some sort of anti-cheat.

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