> Anti-cheat systems have become controversial recently
Not recently, they have a long history of being controversial.
Ideally we'd have consumer protection laws that prevent companies from doing things like using HWIDs to ban accounts.
BLKNSLVR•22m ago
Agree that the controversy isn't recent. I haven't been a 'gamer' going on nearly 20 years now, and pumkbuster was controversial for a good few years before I left gaming for the grand journey of parenthood.
And I don't think Sony's rootkit was gaming related, but it was somewhat adjacent. And that was about as controversial as it gets.
notnullorvoid•46m ago
Not recently, they have a long history of being controversial.
Ideally we'd have consumer protection laws that prevent companies from doing things like using HWIDs to ban accounts.
BLKNSLVR•22m ago
And I don't think Sony's rootkit was gaming related, but it was somewhat adjacent. And that was about as controversial as it gets.