Remember what the maintainer of The Pirate Bay once said?

Never be too certain something won’t be enforced, as the power of capitalists are far worse than the public can imagine.

Maybe I’m too pessimistic, but this may just be the start. Big corps may find their way to control every aspect, step by step.

The problem is, this may actually NOT about anti-cheat. Just like, age verification is justified by “child protection”, anti-cheat may be a gateway to gradually take away the control over the kernel.

As some other people said, if they want effective anti-cheat, why not make it server-side? Maybe I worry too much, but the history tells us these companies likely not act in good faith.