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Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't have DRM or anti-cheat.

I was going to disagree with you because I only read a headline and moved on, but it appears that only the Review copies of the game were protected by anti-cheat[0].

[0]: https://torrentfreak.com/cyberpunk-2077s-use-of-denuvo-to-pr...

When TF says something positive about DRM, it’s a good time to double-check what is going on ;)

anti-cheat should not exist for single player games.

Most games don't need kernel access. Which is good as it enables security aware users to play games.

Anti-cheat goes pretty deep, actually: some games, such as Valorant and R6, do VM detection as part of their anti-cheat checks.

I had the distinct displeasure of running into Riot Vanguard (Valorant's anti-cheat engine) just yesterday. I had to start fiddling with bcdedit to get my install of Windows 'compliant' enough for it to even activate. Monstrously invasive in my opinion.