Apex Legends and many other games in the live service genre that use these so called “Anti-Cheats” are a big issue to deal with, thankfully they stop becoming an issue if you move right into Linux, one of the only free and safe operating systems you can get. Apparently, reports indicate that someone just got attacked remotely by a cunning hacker who decided to leverage the anti-cheat software of Apex Legends to get remote access to the unsuspecting player’s computer. It is crazy to know that this can happen, but it has happened with many games, even those with minor online components.
Apex Legends is a security risk
When you play games like this, you basically agree on letting your PC become a hot bed for pretty much any sort of nefarious activity. You do sign tons of EULAs and other contracts because Electronic Arts does not want you to hold them accountable for the damage they have caused to you. Exposing your PC to big risks like this in exchange to play a game that has no conclusion and no proper goal like Apex Legends is rather crazy, but there’s still a minority out there who wants to play games like this.
The live service market is oversaturate with games that are very similar between each other, and they all happen to be hero shooters with minimal to no variance at all. All of these games are rather worthless on hindsight, and you could be using that time to be finishing your backlog and playing better quality story driven games instead. There has been a ton of new games releasing that are also worth your time, such as Hollow Knight Silksong and the upcoming MIO: Memories in Orbit, which is set to be an amazing Metroidvania that is also tough as nails for those wanting challenge.
