As an Anti DRM Gamer who really does not buy Games featuring Boot/RootKit i wonder if itd be possible to consider somehow a Ban against Denuvo, VM Protect and all these other Bullshit DRMs that go into your System and arent just tied to some kind of Online Service like the Steam Store for Example >.>
Would that even be feasable in the EU considering that we got osme Stricter Laws than lets say the US regarding Multi Media Content :P

  • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
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    Chances are basically zero.

    Steam should refuse to list games using any form of kernel-level anti-cheat. It is inherently insecure, reducing the security of your system even when not playing the game, and there is no way around that.

    But they’ll never take a position like that for consumers. That’s what GOG does.

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      Sadly Steam is very much only caring about what the Publisher throws them Money at :(
      Obviously we all care about Money especially Companies but atleast GOG has the decency of telling you to fuck off if you try to put any kind of Malware into your Game :P
      Well except for Steamworld Builder which actually has some kind of Anti Cheat appearantly via Reading the Comments >.>
      https://www.gog.com/en/game/steamworld_build

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    Not happening.

    Games would become Epic exclusive before they give up their KLAC, and that would hurt Steam far more than it would hurt Denuvo. Steam would not make such a poor business decision.

    If I were Steam, I’d insert barriers to purchases a Denuvo game. No promotion on the Steam storefront, a warning before purchase, etc.

    EDIT: I thought Denuvo was KLAC for a second. Please disregard this entire reply.

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    Don’t think so.

    However we are seeing more games with denuvo remove it after a year.

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      I mean thats true but i would say that the Chances of Denuvo and other such Cases are still a tiny Fraction of what they could be sadly :( Like for example even the Persona Games or any SEGA game really has the Issue of using Denuvo or some other kind of VM Protect Bullshit still multiple Years after it was released on PC >.>
      Only exception being the Yakuza Games really >.>

      For Example the Mega Man Legacy Collections besides 1 still use Denuvo :(
      Or the Dragon Quest Games for example :(
      tho i just hope that the DQ Games atleast follow the previous Games example of Denuvo being removed aftzer a Year or so like they did with the DQ HD Remakes >.>

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          Beep Boop im an AI :P
          No joke this is literally what someone asked me if im just an AI Bot Scraper Thing >.>
          But seriously this is how i Type :P
          Unless you have trouble understaning me i wouldnt say just dont care about the Way i type :P

          • Unless you have trouble understaning me i wouldnt say just dont care about the Way i type :P

            Given usually adding capitalization to words not usually capitalized usually is used to convey some sort of emphasis, its harder to understand what its being conveyed.

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              My theory is that he is a quarter german. He can probably only pronounce the voiced ‘th’ too.