Borderlands 2 is free to claim on Steam for the next two days
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We should have the Lenny version of a subreddit where we just post what games are free this week
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:13 last edited bySigning up for revolution
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Technically, yes. WINE/Proton aren't sandboxed so it would be possible to pull some information at least. I've heard people install the flatpak version of Steam to isolate network calls using flatseal, so that's one workaround potentially.
NOTE: I'm just talking about generic data collection. The DRM/anti-cheat stuff could flag you as using Linux and then the game just refuses to run. I know the new ToS talked about banning VMs so maybe they lump linux users into that (at least for online play).
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:14 last edited byEven on MacOS?
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We should have the Lenny version of a subreddit where we just post what games are free this week
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:17 last edited byWe have one
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Be sure to claim it before the offer ends.
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:18 last edited byDon't claim it is a free trojan
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Out of the loop. What did gearbox do that time?
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:19 last edited by the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 09:22The reason its free is because they added a data miner with root level access.
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Not in general. Typically, games with kernel level drm or anticheat just didn't work at all.
Borderlands 2 specifically has a native Linux version though, and it may or may not abuse this fact. It isn't run in a sandbox-like environment like Windows games that run through proton, but according to protondb it does run through proton? In any case yes, it's probably better than running it on Windows.
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:00 last edited by bradleyuffner@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 08:08Are you running it as root for some reason? Cause if you are not running it as root, it doesn't have root access, absent some kind of major security flaw in Linux.
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By indicating that root access is required to play the game, and that you agree to this by agreeing to the TOS. Without agreeing, you can't play the game.
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:02 last edited byThe TOS doesn't give the game executable magical powers to do things it wasn't written to do.
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The reason its free is because they added a data miner with root level access.
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:05 last edited by bradleyuffner@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 08:06The game executables haven't changed. All they did was add a generic TOS. That doesn't magically give the game the capability to get kernel level access.
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The game executables haven't changed. All they did was add a generic TOS. That doesn't magically give the game the capability to get kernel level access.
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 13:20 last edited byYou are forced to agree if you want to play it, this is how shady companies operate. Now that you have agreed to it there is nothing stopping them from adding it in an"update".
If you think a shady ass company like epic wouldnt do that you are very naive.
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You are forced to agree if you want to play it, this is how shady companies operate. Now that you have agreed to it there is nothing stopping them from adding it in an"update".
If you think a shady ass company like epic wouldnt do that you are very naive.
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 15:13 last edited by bradleyuffner@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 11:13So you agree that saying "they added a data miner with root level access" was a false statement?
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So you agree that saying "they added a data miner with root level access" was a false statement?
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 15:32 last edited by the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 11:32I agree youre a pedantic
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We have one
wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 18:44 last edited byWhat's it called
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What's it called