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  • Cameron Boschcameron_bosch@floss.social
    Jan 23, 2026, 5:58 PM

    Normally, I can understand wanting more software on Linux. But this isn't about adding possibly GPL violating code into the Linux kernel, which would make the resulting theoretical kernel (once it has been DKMSed into the kernel) unredistributable. It's all about control. Control of what you can run on the hardware you paid your hard earned money on. Control of being able to not have spyware on your computer. And control over every single facet of your computer usage.

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  • Cameron Boschcameron_bosch@floss.social
    Jan 23, 2026, 6:00 PM

    These developers and publishers would rather complain about cheaters and other BS arguments rather than work on a solution or give up that control from them or Microsoft, even if Linux did get 10% or more of the Steam gaming user base.

    If they actually wanted a solution that worked, they would use more server-side implementations and other tools that are nowhere near as invasive as what Javelin, Vanguard, and several other systems are.

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  • Cameron Boschcameron_bosch@floss.social
    Jan 23, 2026, 6:03 PM

    That obviously is not what's happening, and gamers are starting to wake up, if the angry comments are to be believed.

    There are many examples of not only Windows crashing or becoming corrupted after Javelin or Vanguard has "issues", the ties Tencent has to the CCP and EA's recent deal with Saudi Arabia and a certain "other hated person" in addition to other reasons should be enough to make you seriously question the actual need for something that you can't verify isn't a rootkit. Because it is.

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  • Cameron Boschcameron_bosch@floss.social
    Jan 23, 2026, 6:05 PM

    I will stand by this: Despite TPM possibly having some benefits with security in certain use cases, it and Secure Boot are increasingly being used as control over your hardware just like the Intel ME could be, and despite calls for more security, which I have echoed for years, only now are we finally starting to see some serious backlash to this behavior.

    The funny thing is that Microsoft COULD tell these game developers to stop doing this? But why should they when it reinforces their monopoly?

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