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If I played any Rockstar games, I'd be unhappy with their new anti-cheat too, since it needlessly blocks linux, but this isn't the way this should be protested. If anything, this probably validates their decision.
The way this should be protested is to just stop playing. Stop giving them money. Stop boosting their month active user numbers that they can flaunt to investors. Hit them financially, since it's the only hit they really care about. There's a sea of other high-quality games you can play instead.
Have you tried not buying something in protest? If so have you noticed they keep selling it anyway and you have no alternative? Not giving them money isn't enough.
I'm not a fan of DoSA as it's rather strongarm but at least this actually sends a message to them AND other users.
I'm not interested in having to fight anti-features to play what I paid for, but at least circumventing it sends a message.
I bought Crysis and didn't like the DRM, so I haven't bought a Ubisoft game since. How's that working out for Ubisoft?
I think Ubisoft didn't notice, or very likely attributed others reasons for less sales.
I don't like DRM so I don't use streaming services like Netflix. If friends or work colleges keep talking about some show then I read Wikipedia plot section to get an idea 💀
And I think their board is panicking trying to figure out how they can regain me, specifically, as a customer.
More seriously, I apparently am not the only one who eventually got their fill of Ubisoft games. I think Ubisoft has planted resentment in the minds of all their customers, and as soon as they slipped a little in game quality their customers were more than happy to leave, just for the sake of leaving.