> Just please don't force your principled stance on others.
I'm not forcing it on anyone. Users are free to install and use the invasive software if they don't care about the implications. They're also free to circumvent the software and play the game without it. It's an individual decision. People shouldn't have to abstain from playing a game they bought because the game company doesn't have total access to their machine.
The point I'm making is game companies shouldn't be shipping invasive software at all regardless of what it's used for. They need to come up with better ways to detect cheaters. Methods that work on the server side. For example, traffic analysis can be used to detect bots:
I'm not forcing it on anyone. Users are free to install and use the invasive software if they don't care about the implications. They're also free to circumvent the software and play the game without it. It's an individual decision. People shouldn't have to abstain from playing a game they bought because the game company doesn't have total access to their machine.
The point I'm making is game companies shouldn't be shipping invasive software at all regardless of what it's used for. They need to come up with better ways to detect cheaters. Methods that work on the server side. For example, traffic analysis can be used to detect bots:
https://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/~swc/pub/bot_identification.ht...