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[aeolist]

I also would have expected more of Gaben. Conspiracy theories "VAC is so good and effective that hackers will desperately try to attack people’s trust ", playing the whole issue down "what porn sites you visit" and also vilifying people, that don't like this specific behaviour of their software as cheaters / cheat creators. No Gaben, I'm not a cheater and I'm also not a cheat creator. I love you, but I also love my privacy and I just don't like software, that is snooping around in my DNS cache. And that's not because of porn sites, but actually EVERYTHING else. I would have prefered a "we possibly went overboard with VAC and didn't see privacy issues, we removed that code from it". Thank you very much.

i think the point is that if gabe is telling the truth (and his explanation is certainly plausible) then the original user who saw this process happen and posted about it is themselves running a cheat program, meaning they certainly do have a vested interest in casting aspersions on VAC. he's not saying that everyone who cared about a potential privacy issue is a hacker.

 

[bjb]

The thing is, you just enter every single Valve or Steam thread to remind people that you don't like DRM or Steam and boycott both .Clearly you have the right to your opinion but do you maybe think you might protest too much?

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Would be better without the bad attempt at faking perspective shifts when he turns his head, but still a solid 8/10

 

[Felix Lighter]

What I learned from all this is that
- people actually buy cheats
- those cheats have DRM

That's pretty wild.

It's probably pretty aggressive DRM considering their consumer base consist completely of shitheads actively seeking out methods to cheat in online mp games. I doubt these are the types that would feel obligated to pay for their software.

 

[BlackClouds]

When Valve goes public, that's when they will turn evil. Gabe needs to stay alive or it's all over.

 

[Annubis]

When Valve goes public, that's when they will turn evil. Gabe needs to stay alive or it's all over.

Gabe needs to become the first cyborg so that he may live forever.
I'm seriously scared that if he dies, whoever replaces him makes the company public just to cash in.