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  • Ah I see. That all makes sense, but yeah, these are products and they do a cost benefit analysis, and deem this stuff to be too expensive. And I think sometimes they deem it too brittle.

    There’s also the problem of ban evasion not being solved either. So even with good ban actions, people just return. I’ve seen this first hand in a platform I hang out in.

    It’s always an ongoing problem, and some people are really dismissive of how difficult it really is when you consider all the angles.

    I appreciate the discussion and input.

    Are you aware of any platforms or games who do it “right”? And if not, is it just because of the time commitment, like you already stated?

  • So, dedicated authoritative servers like another comment said?

  • I was using it as an example of a huge failure. They added anti-cheat recently. After a decade. And I’m pretty sure it’s one of the kernel level ones…

    They may have even avoided adding it because they didn’t want to piss off users with kernel level. And they didn’t want to spend the money on dedicated servers. But who knows why they let it be a hackers playground for a decade.

    So they didn’t do what is claimed to be the right path. And my point was developers don’t want to spend the money on the right path.

    Where did I suggest they were an example of good security?!

  • I was one of the dorks who believed the hype 12 years ago. It didn’t take too many years to realize what was really going on.

    Just part of my, and other people’s slow dissolution regarding technology optimism over the past decade or so. You see an increasing number of people talking about and writing about this shift. It’s really sad. We were so optimistic in the 90s into the 2000s.

    I think it’s harsh to call this dissolution a leopard moment.

    (Also, to be clear, I’ve never owned a Tesla and I could never afford anything in that price class.)

  • AFAIK, it’s not kernel level on Linux/SteamDeck. It’s only a subset of the protection.

    Edit: what’s up with the downvote? Am I wrong? Is EAC on Linux the full toolset?

  • I see. So games using something like Photon are out of luck? Dedicated authoritative servers are mandatory?

    It seems like authoritative dedicated servers are out of fashion these days. Especially in the indie scene. But maybe that should change to support more fair multiplayer spaces with less grief from hackers.

    GTAO is the most profitable game in the history of games, and it does not use dedicated authoritative servers. Even though they could afford it.

    And if you are correct, Valve can’t push this solution. They can’t implement it for developers. Valve is shit out of luck with that approach.

  • Wait, what’s the smarter effective way that they are ignoring? Why hasn’t Valve pushed this solution in the name of Linux support improving?

    I have interest in the problem of hacking in social games. And I’m not sure if I’m aware of the smarter solution you alluded to.

  • Nah. The comments that say “duh, we already knew that.” And “borrrring” are always right.

    (I agree with the otter)

  • I think it prompted a lot of comments in the HN post that resonate with me.

  • Ban Ray-Bans, maybe. 😏

  • Not cool. 😔

  • I baited this response. I was being sarcastic. Dorks can’t help themselves.

  • Why shouldn’t they? Did you know VHS succeeded because of porn? Same thing here. They are top because of porn.

    The logic is irrefutable. There are absolutely zero downsides to porn.

  • This isn’t new. I’ve seen similar banners in the past few years. And I complained to our IT team or my manager both times.

  • So every button is just a different prompt? Sounds silly.

  • People like this author stress me out. But that’s a me thing. Nothing against them.

  • I’m willing to believe them, because if any of the security or safety issues are true, then they damn well better take careful action.

    But if it turns out it was overstated. That sucks, and they deserve the flack.

  • Aww, they failed to clone the structure of Reddit.