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Developers who make games for Windows PCs tend to fill them with so many "DRM" and "anti-cheat" measures that they might as well just sell them as a prebaked ro

Developers who make games for Windows PCs tend to fill them with so many "DRM" and "anti-cheat" measures that they might as well just sell them as a prebaked rootkit.

krageon 7y ago
They are prebaked rootkits. They're marketed as such and I think they never pretend otherwise. The truly sad thing is the amount of people that still send money to people who knowingly compromise their entire machine. Then they are thankful for it.
failrate 7y ago
DRM is typically sold by a third party vendor. It is typically not effective against software pirates. You are overstating its use, however.
- philpem 7y ago
  I was thinking of the Sony rootkit, and the Starforce and VAC exploits.
  - failrate 7y ago
    The Sony toolkit debacle was its own thing. In addition, that rootkit was on music CDs. I worked for a game division of Sony at the time, and we were furious at the mothership for that incident.