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In Valorant's defence:

1) There is a 100k bug-bounty on the anti-cheat: https://hackerone.com/riot?type=team

2) The anti-cheat is the game's entire reason for being. It is the main focus of the development and marketing. People buy Valorant for the anti-cheat; they are willing to accept a kernel driver as a trade off for fairer competition.

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Based on the install base and the level of access it could theoretically provide, I think a 0-day has a good shot at being worth more than $100k. Definitely worth more than that if you happen to know your high-value target plays League.

Fair competition is all well and good, but there are other ways to do it and I can already tell you that the war on kernel-level anti cheat is well under way. There are already people cheating in Valorant, and that will not slow down. If anything, it's going to get more common because cheaters and cheat creators are some of the most diligent people out there.

'Buy valorant'?

I didn't realise the game is free of charge. You could replace 'buy' with 'install', but my point stands; people play Valorant because they want a competitive shooter with difficult anti-cheat rather than the unique art style or gameplay attributes.

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