>> it might not seem a big step from their side when they decided to also patch game code that runs on the CPU. It was unfortunate that they did not realise this would lead to triggering anti-cheat systems in games though.

Never mind anti-cheat systems. This is a huge boundary violation - like when Sony installed root kits. It's one thing to modify your own products behavior, but quite another to modify other software!

IMHO the people who OKed this have some issues.