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If it's software your job requires, that's one thing. But games? Just play different games, or get a different hobby. You have a choice so exercise it.

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Software doesn't require it so far because these devices are "uncommon" (i.e. for example, not on server hardware, not usually virtualized).

But guess what is happening now that MS requires TPM for Windows? All virtualizers now have some support for TPM. The time will come.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Financially supporting games which do a thing you disapprove of is so counter productive it defies rational explaination. You aren't "speaking out", you're joining the party and paying membership dues. How could you get so twisted around? Brain damage, that must be it.

Sure and today it's games, and tomorrow it'll be something you care about.

Yeah so give money to the companies that do it, that'll show them! Boycotting those products is capitulation somehow, because brain damage.

You're making a lot of weird assumptions here, and seem to have completely missed the point I am making.

I said that people shouldn't play games with rootkit anticheat and you gave me that damned "first they came for" crap as though I am the one capitulating to the abusive practice. How else am I meant to take it?

It's about the

> and I did not speak out

bit. They're going to keep coming for stuff until it's something you care about.

For more information please refer to this wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

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