It's truly shocking to live in a world where linux is a better option in every category over windows.[0]

I really never thought I'd see this day. I can't decide if this is a great win for OSS, or an incredible loss for the common folk. Either way, the world will be a far better place without Windows 11 or Microsoft in general.

[0] I consider a lack of kernel malware 'anti-cheat' a feature, not a bug. Adobe as well.

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uncircle 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

The Adobe Suite and those multiplayer games with kernel-level anticheat are probably the two things holding up the Windows’ crumbling empire. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Microsoft pays those companies a boatload of money to remain effectively Windows-exclusive.

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dpoloncsak 2 days ago | parent [-]

There was a great write-up that resurfaced on HN yesterday on specifically why anti-cheat on linux is so difficult. It has nothing to do with companies paying a boatload of money.

Adobe, I can't comment on

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44980064

	▲	godelski 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Isn't the current CoD anti cheat system also flagging Valorant as cheating software because of Valorant's anti cheat?[0] Fundamentally the problem with any anti cheat system is that it is indistinguishable from a root kit. You're giving software full privileges to your machine with the ability to edit your kernel, inspect running processes, and inject code into running processes. I'm not saying there's no situations where you don't want a program to be able to do this but you should be extremely cautious about doing so because that program essentially owns your machine. Put it this way. Suppose you trust those game companies and their anti cheat software. Do you trust that this software will never be hacked? I mean we're talking about an extremely high profile target with wide adoption. Sounds like you're adding a pretty valuable target that's worth far more to hackers than it is to the game studios. I mean we're talking about the same game studios that let easily solvable but game breaking bugs persist for years. Even ones where the community has provided patches for... [0] <https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/battlefield-6-and-valorant...>

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MrVandemar 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> It's truly shocking to live in a world where linux is a better option in every category over windows.

I'm pretty sure it trounces Linux (for some value of whatever you think "Linux" actually is) on Accessibility. This is an area that could be vastly improved.

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worik 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> It's truly shocking to live in a world where linux is a better option in every category over windows.

For people who have been using Linux for decades, it is not so shocking.

Definitely frustrating it has taken so lone.

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godelski 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think a little of both?

I think the problem is really down to monopoly abuse, or green. The Apple lawsuit is a good example of this. They want 30% of in app purchases but... why? An iPhone only has value because of its apps. (Just like how a computer's real value is its ability to run programs) Specifically, apps that Apple didn't also create. You could pay people for those apps and Apple would still benefit. Seems like a lot of these big companies are making categorically similar mistakes. They only can do this because users don't (meaningfully) have other choices.

I'd love to see OSS win, but not because CSS has abused their customers. I wish the fight was over the value of the product. I guess that means I wish profits were more dependent on product value. Shame we conflate market value with product value.