There are so many ways to bypass what you describe, in addition to it not working for games with kernel anti-cheat etc.
The real issue is all desktop OSes deciding everything should be allowed to access everything. Why is a game able to access your crypto wallet by default, without any permission required? This has been solved on phones for years.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
And there are so many ways to detect the bypasses. It’s an arms race, and the most profitable games store of all time should really have a cutting edge system to deal with it is all I said.
Windows should have better security too, but the two thoughts can be held in the mind at the same time.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well, I just disagree with you. They are a distribution company, not a security company. I don’t see this as their job and I am not willing to pay more for games to have some far from perfect behavior scanning.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Who said you need to pay more for games? Steam already takes thirty percent of sales (for the vast majority of sales), they are a $10b+ game distribution company… They’re worth more than several leading security/antivirus companies combined.
I just don’t understand the mindset people get around Steam. They are a business that makes a fortune distributing games, run by a billionaire - they are not a little indie company struggling under the weight of their success.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 3 days ago
And I don’t get the mindset of large company should do things for free. Valve is using the 30% to run stem workshop, make games playable on steam, creating the steam framework for games, and more. If they invest massive effort into some analysis stuff, either they increases prices or cut something else they are doing.