Venting about Kernel Anti Cheat
Edit/update: Most of the replies seem to be one of a few things so I will try to answer all at once:
1: If the game doesn’t support your OS don’t play/support it.
-this seems to be the most popular opinion. And while generally I agree that these companies will only change when a significant amount of revenue would be generated from that change, I also disagree that not playing is worth it. Yes there are so many other games, and many of which I would enjoy. However, when you consider the amount of time I have to spend on gaming (with friends especially) Its just not worth missing out on that time. The amount of Joy that Im missing out on is worth much more to me than shouting into the void of a massive company by not playing a free (or very cheap/game that Ive had for 10 years) game. Im not even spending money on these games. I don’t buy battlepass/skins etc. Trying to convince a friend group to switch games (when playing that game is the main thing you all do together) is not something I’m willing to put myself up to, the reward is not greater than the risk, or at least not enough greater to me to make it worth it. Basically, for me, not playing at all hurts me more than the company.
As for it being a security/privacy risk: yes it is, and the sad reality is this may still be an issue if the ac functions on linux. At this point to me it is secondary.
2: posting here is not doing anything, you should post on the specific games subreddits.
-Yes this is very good idea you are correct. I however have the attention span of a rat and the point of this was not to make change happen more to just say I can’t wait for when it finally does.
Solutions: actually the kvm switch idea is one i have not considered, i definitely need to look into it!
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I don’t really care if this gets removed or whatever. I just want to say something and maybe someone will see and empathize. Anti-cheat in games like Rainbow Six Siege(game I play the most) and League and Fortnite are the literal only reason i won’t switch to Linux on my main Pc. I am fortunate to have several computers, I have some on windows and some on linux. Ubuntu and mint are my most comfortable. I got the joy of installing mint and setting it up with a raid 5 array and some other basics for my church this week. It was so much fun and so fulfilling. I was genuinely excited when i started playing around with all the customization options and applets and random stuff etc. and I just had a throught that I would switch to linux on my main pc so fast if it weren’t for this one thing. I know there are other games that do support out at least don’t actively go out of their way to make it more difficult to game on linux. But these are the games my friends play, and the main reason I even play video games at this point is to keep in touch/hang out/relax with friends. Im not gonna make them play a different game because my os doesn’t support it. And finally I know I can dual boot, but I have tried this in the past. Keeping ip with updates on essentially 2 different computers that I can’t have running on the same time. Playing certain games on one and certain games on the other, it’s just too much. I want to be able to get home and not have to switch.
Ok vent/rant over.
I know I could format this better but I’m on my phone on the toilet and this will probably get removed for breaking some rule I didn’t read. Im just waiting for the day and super hyped for the time when games become operating system agnostic(i have no idea if this term is proper) but the point is it shouldn’t matter what OS you are on to play a certain game as long as it can run the game in the first place.
Ok now I read the rules after writing this and just want to say it’s probably gonna get hit by the “low effort” one. So yeah kinda true you got me but Im just kinda fed up with it for now and I’m sure I’m not the only one