Ability to export data to a relevant, open standard. If I can jump ship at the drop of a hat, then I’ll consider it. I won’t buy if I don’t have that power.

Oh, it’s an Xbox360 emulator. It doesn’t say so in the “releases” repository, so I was a bit confused.

This is nice!

Well, the server acts mostly as a single source of truth. The clients are the ones registering the shot, the server confirms or denies it.

My approach would be prohibitedly expensive, as I suggested the registration would also happen on the server. It would also result in bigger lags

Genuinely curious, because this isn’t my area of expertise, but how do you design a server to be “better” if it has to trust data from a remote client?

Check the data on the server (“oh no, incredibly expensive”). Don’t give any data to the client it doesn’t need, like enemies around the corner (“oh no, now my game is so very laggy because caching and future position assumption just became impossible”)

Example, if the client is compromised - because as they’ve said, they have no way to “attest” that the kernel is not compromised - how would the server know any better?

Now the server doesn’t need to care. There’s input? Validate and use it.

If my Apex client tells the server I got a perfect headshot, how would the server know I didn’t fake the data? Is there a real answer to this problem or are we just wishing they come up with an impossible solution?

Now the client can go pound sand. Server decides if it’s a headshot. Client only sends coordinates of origin and target. Lag? Sucks to be you, with or without cheat.

My general understanding is that EA is 100% correct. Now, on the other hand, maybe the should just limit plays between Linux <-> Linux so people can at least still enjoy the game

That would only create more work for the developers, all for the defacto expulsion of Linux users (Way less players at all times). The best course of action here would be the actual expulsion of Linux users. Also, EA is at most 25% correct. (Not a rational argument, I just very much dislike them)

(I’m moving to Linux soon so I’ll basically no longer be able to play the game, which is, as my primary gaming addiction, a huge loss I’m willing to take).

Damn, sorry to hear that. It’s always bad to leave something one knows because something’s become unbearable. I wish you best of luck on your journey! (I’m assuming a lot, but why else would you switch despite your choice of use of free time?)

There’s compromises EA could take, but I think the Linux market share is just too small for them to care to spend any resources - even though they’re raking in billions (~$3.4 Billion) and could spare a few resources to find a good middle ground. Capitalism at it’s finest.

On the other hand: I quite like it. It forces them to keep their grubby little hands from my kernel.

I do not like anything anti cheat. But I also don’t really like cheaters, especially in online games, so anti cheat could be tolerated. The only thing is: nothing trumps my systems integrity. Definitely not online player satisfaction.

Yeah, was thinking about joining the room to see what is written. Not what was asked.

But your username and server will be seen and could potentially be noticed by someone you don’t want.

I disagree. There is nothing stopping that as it is. What this really does is remove one more level of control from the end user on their device.

That is exactly what I meant with that. Less control for you means more control for the banks/app creators.

I myself also want to let go of the likes of Google. It’s a pretty bumpy ride, but better than a future where the Tech Bros are in control.

Let’s hope we don’t have to.

Very good. I don’t like using apps for every little shitty website like discord or WebEx either.

Just know that this is a step forward in the direction of making it technically possible to force people to usw the app. Ask yourself if you trust them to not try and profit from this.

You do you

I don’t.

I’ve seen people pay with something like that, but mostly it’s like an electronic checkbook. But yeah, browser is sufficient.

Oh! With “get around it” I meant cash, not outdated software.

I don’t know what you mean by that. Do you mean you rather use google pay?

So no banking apps for you? I agree that this is shit, but pretending we are not hit by this is not helping.

Also, I don’t really use banking apps anyway because they already pull similar shit and I can get around it. For now.

Why would they? They know how it’s made!

A plugin for yt-dlp will suffice. It’s also easier to maintain.

But it IS giving the copyright holders less attack surface to bite into. Haters gonna hate, let them.

That’s not an OS, that’s three spywares in a trenchcoat!

At least in corporate they can disable the annoying features easily with AD. And the rest doesn’t really matter because you don’t own those PCs anyway.

This is the first AI-like thing I’ve read about “AI” in the last few years.

Also yeah, this probably will lead to a DDOS of reviewers, and AI slop.