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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The issue is that without it cheating is so much easier in many games. So then people just get pissed at all the hackers.

[โ€“] Avatar_of_Self 8 points 1 month ago

Yes, if they offload all of the compute for anti-cheat to the customer's hardware, then you are right for current operating systems.

Client side anti-cheat is not the only way but it is the cheapest way for the game industry.