Post #4153522
2026-07-21 01:46 UTC
I think its weird that games are essentially weapons now. Weird how we are suddenly against Chinese game companies like tencent due to security issues.
Game companies legit are abusing their power to crash “hackers” in their games when they are using cheating hardware. And the companies can do that because the malware slotmachine games as a service, have ring 0 kernal access to your PC.
Yet its weird we are okay with Saudis owning malware and potentially abusing that.
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@csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2026-07-21 02:45
Kernel level anti-cheat is making me consider to move away from PC gaming for multiplayer games, which I already boycott on principle. Yes, it would mean lower performance, less input flexibility and paying for the privilege of playing online - but there's the peace of mind of knowing China, Saudi Arabia, the US or whomever else isn't rummaging through my passwords and personal data
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@creamfresh@lemmy.world 2026-07-21 06:32
Weird how we are suddenly against Chinese game companies like tencent due to security issues. I don’t know who “we” is but Chinese game companies always had a bad rep. They just recently tried to gamewash their image by releasing games in this one genre with the sword and epic journeys.