I dunno about non-driver anti-cheats like EAC but Genshin Impact’s kernel-level anti-cheat has been used to aid ransomware. Driver-level anti-cheat is certainly malware, that has been settled since Sony-BMG.

I am going to temper my expectations a bit, since the article is specifically singling out their clause on accessing additional games. But at the same time, I am huffing the hopium since Sony has upstreamed PlayStation controller drivers to the Linux kernel, so they might be receptive to supporting SteamVR, Steam Link or something equivalent, if possible. (No, before you ask, I’m not expecting Linux support on PSVR2.)

I keep seeing that yellow Totoro everywhere.

I didn’t say I was certain - just pretty sure :P That was based on what was known last year, dunno if news on that have been updated yet. I’m bound to see it on Lemmy when it does. Thank for letting me know though.

Opinions on generative AI aside, I’m pretty sure the legal consensus on the copyright surrounding it means whatever was generated is basically in the public domain, unless they’ve edited it in a way that’s transformative.

My experience with Heroic has been… okay. I think the big issue is that a lot of tools are built with Steam in mind and not Heroic, which unintentionally adds friction.

I think people actually realised back in the mid-to-late 2010s. The paid mod debacle, the shlock that kept going through, the failure of Steam Machines in their attempt to move to Linux… you get the idea. It was to the point where people were flat-out cheering for Epic Games joining the scene when they attached a storefront to their Fortnite launcher, which is unthinkable now.