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Also to add to this is if windows users understood what kernel level anti-cheat does most people wouldn't want it on windows ether.
What does it do? Could you explain?
It runs in the kernel of the OS as a driver, which means that it's basically a trusted malware that has even higher permission than the admin of the computer, and have access to more things than yourself, to closely monitor the whole system in order to find signs of cheating.
And for context, it does this because cheaters are willing to run cheats that run at that kernel level, and the only way to detect and prevent them is if the anticheat is in your kernel first.