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DENY YOURSELF EVERY PLEASURE IN LIFE IN SERVICE TO THE OPEN SOURCE GODS
I don't think I would consider "games with anti cheat" to be "every pleasure in life". We're spoiled for choice in games. I can increasingly narrow the scope of what I'm willing to support with my money every year and still not run out of great games to play.
I figured the "open source gods" line would have given away that I was being hyperbolic.
We're talking about online multiplayer games. Unless all of your friends are in the same camp as you, have fun playing not playing with them.
DRM, especially the always online kind, is shit. I get that and I agree. But to act like OP is weak for wanting to play the games that have it is EXACTLY the dismissive shit that turns people away from the FOSS community. It's gross and I hate it, get off your high horse (not you in particular) and have a real conversation with a person who comes with an earnest question, don't tell them they "buckled"
@glimse
I'd have said that cheating is the worst. Especially in the light of all the measures the software studios have to take to protect honest gamers from being taken advantage of.
@ampersandrew