absolutely. Steam is not to mess with and takes such matters quite seriously.

They are somewhat isolated but not sandboxed.

I object to that for XCOM

‍️ is free and without shenanigans.

Don’t speak I’ll of steam and billionaire Gabe around here. The steam bros are gonna crucify you for daring to even think ill of THEIR corporation and THEIR billionaire who of course loves and cares for them all.

Edit: there it is

You can install an application like Flatseal (https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal) to inspect the permissions for a flatpak.

How locked down a flatpak is depends entirely on the developer and what permissions they request. By default, they can't really see much. For example, they can't even see the processes running on your host or your user and system files.

Flatpak does not do anything about network access though, it can only do no access or full access, no in between. The data they can collect on Linux in a Flatpak is very limited but it does not prevent them from calling home.

Yes, but it should still be illegal for a company to do this. Don't let them blame the users for accepting this bullshit. As Louis Rossmann would say, they have the mentality of a rapist.

If it hasn't been updated that means the new user agreement isn't asked surely?

Yikes. Is the review in the screenshot true? They got root anticheat? Or rootkit data harvesting?

Sad truth, but it's no excuse.

What's Steam got to do with Borderlands 2 having a rootkit?

No, it's misinformation and people who uncritically repeat things without verification.

I've had the game installed for years and have to manually apply updates, there hasn't been one. e: I just checked, last update in Steam is dated 2022

All they've done is make their TOS universal across all of their games.

e: adding this from last post. TL;DR: People are spreading misinformation

So, let’s look into the claims.

Here’s the TOS:

https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/

There is nothing about root level access.

In addition, if you look at the patch history for Borderlands 2 on SteamDB, you will see that the last update for the game was 4 August 2022.

So, to be clear:
There is nothing in the TOS that requires you to submit to a rootkit and there is no spyware that has been added. The comment in the OP is simply wrong.

Hear hear!

Borderlands is a neat concept, but it's ruined by an awful studio and reddit-tier 'humor.'

It was nice to see Battleborn fail because honestly that's what the studio deserves.

I think they're pretty terrible.

I've tried multiple times to get in to them and I've come to the conclusion they're just for a gamer with lower standards than me.

This is also based off of the games that I see borderlands fans like that I think suck ass.

You're right that it's not Valve they're mad at, buuuuut....

They could regulate that no games they sell can have rootkits and delist the ones that do, as well as offer refunds if a rootkit is patched in in the future. They have lots of rules already, and I don't think that would be a bad one.

Lawbreakers was made by Boss Key studios, headed by Cliff Blezsinski who was the guy behind Gears of War.

You may be thinking of Battleborn, which was made by Gearbox.

console

If you're worried about personal data collection then I have some bad news for you...

That's not the point.

So should Walmart stop selling products that I deem unfit based on my personal preferences too? Say goodbye to animal fats, products made in the US, ultra processed foods, some fruit I just don't like the taste of, all Nestlé products...

I think you get the point.