There is simply NO excuse to use anti-cheat rootkits. Machine learning is starting to be mainstream and soon there will be bots interacting with HID like humans

There is simply NO excuse to use anti-cheat rootkits. Machine learning is starting to be mainstream and soon there will be bots interacting with HID like humans, with all anti-cheat running. You simply can't trust anonymous clients, never. Anti-cheat won't change that. You have to implement the game so that the actual players know each other and invite each other to the game, eventually kicking/blocking some themselves. Or simply play competition games on the local LAN. Or simply admit there will be cheaters on the public anonymous games. Blocking Linux is a terrible, terrible practice and they should be boycotted.