Completely ridiculous and untenable. If we followed that logic, you could dump literal malware on people's computers. There has to be a limiting principle.
Windows blacklists it because the device behaves exactly like malware.
In law, there's something called the "But For" test that determines responsibility. "But for" the anti-cheat, there would have been no hardware or software failures, and the action that caused this "but for" instance was intentional.
The simple argument is:
A company should not have the ability to cause your personal hardware or software to fail because that's a violation of your property rights and opens up too much potential for abuse.
That's the argument. It's that simple and you can agree or disagree, but that's what I and most other people believe, and nothing I've read in this thread has changed my mind on that.
and no, it isn't about "defending cheaters." I have zero love for cheaters. But it's a false dichotomy to say "You either support cheaters or you support heavy-handed, invasive anti-cheat software."
That's all I have to say on the matter, and I don't intend to argue back and forth any further. I've made my point and I'll let others decide if its reasonable or not.
becoming increasingly apparent that you aren't interested in having an honest discussion.
Oh, spare me. I've been nothing but polite to you. You're the only one acting like a dick. I've been
way nicer to you than anyone else in the thread, and way nicer than most KF users are in general.
If you really can't handle a very minor amount of disagreement and banter, you don't have skin thick enough for this site and need to go somewhere else.
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All this tech autism is so damn silly. The whole thread reads like this:
"Did you hear about that company that puts bombs in their cars?"
"Um ackshually it's not a 'car bomb.' It's an electrical charger that sends a signal to the engine that causes it to overheat and explode *like* a bomb, but it isn't a bomb in and of itself, and it is only activated as an anti-theft measure when someone steals the car and the theft is verified by local law enforcement and an employee at the company manually okays the process and the EULA clearly says this is what they can do if you purchase the vehicle from them."
