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[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

And that's exactly the thing, the threat model is so different. In gamedev, they're thinking about those networking issues for sure but man oh man are they WAY more worried about RCE in those drivers you mentioned earlier.

Why? For the same reason Emacs is a text editor, internet browser, and Spotify client. For the same reason that "will it run doom" is even a question. Because their game got hacked before they even opened the first text file to make the game