Yeah for sure. Used to be absolutely critical back when things like java in websites was a thing haha

If you’re trying to save as many games as possible and the vast majority are on windows it completely does.

The problem is it’s a tiny fraction of games and users. It’s a lot of resources for little gain.

Not back peddling you are misunderstanding what kernel access means.

You don’t need kernel level access (the thing we are literally discussing) to kill processes. Which was literally your example.

Obviously the OS handles it. How the fuck else would it work?

It is literally installed by choice. It’s part of the game installation. It’s up to users to know what they are installing. Many games likely install lots of things that aren’t immediately obvious.

It doesn’t infiltrate the system.

Pretty much all code is making requests to the kernel. That isn’t what is happening here.

It’s side stepping the kernel. That’s the whole point. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

Nah words have meaning. I get you don’t like it but that doesn’t make it spyware or malware.

Spyware isn’t about watching your system or memory it’s about stealing personal information.

These anti cheats specifically comply with privacy laws or they wouldn’t be allowed. You won’t find any breaking any laws.

Anti virus and anti malware applications do the same. Doesn’t make them spyware.

I’m a programmer I understand what they are. I understand why they suck.

Stopping processes is actually a user space action. You can do it without admin rights btw. Even if it popped the admin screen that’s still not a kernel level action.

Asking the kernel to do something is basically all operations and not the same as kernel level access.

Yeah that it’s considered malware. I did Google it and there’s nothing saying that.

Source

No it’s literally not what malware is. Otherwise anti virus would be. And anti malware haha

It’s literally none of those things mentioned.

You are doing massive mental gymnastics. Intentionally nasty for an anit cheat is just stupid. You 100% know that’s not what that means.

It also doesn’t invade, damage, disable or take control of the system.

Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it malware.

How do they steal your data? They also said malware

I’m sure they did and it’s not. Malware isn’t defined by its privileges but what it does.

No

When I have thoughts like this I imagine that I am dealing with a friend who is having these thoughts.

If your friend was constantly struggling with their mental health and you were trying to help them would you call them an toxic, horrible, emotional abuser? I don’t think you would. I certainly don’t feel that way about my friends who struggle.

I also try to look at the evidence. Is there any actual evidence that people feel this way beyond your own thoughts and feelings?

Mental health is constant battle and separating real life from your condition can be an incredibly hard but rewarding exercise.

I’m sorry you’re struggling so much.

This will be the big test of if being brought out will help them.

They’re sitting on such amazing IPs but have just fucked everything recently. Except diablo 2. That was great.

I live in hope as warcraft is still my absolute favourite game series.

Most likely about getting laid. Probably left over from our monkey days.

“ChatGpt is really good if you use it properly”

Gets torrents of down votes every time. But I literally use it a lot at work and it’s brilliant.

This used to happen when new subs opened. Most of my feed was just them.

My assumption was that as the sub grew the posts kept getting voted higher than any other on the sub and therefore pushed as top material relative to the subs normal amount of up votes.

This is definitely the answer. Bonus points for contextless clues to getting the other half.

This one is relatively as well.