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I think we ended up in this situation because of this outsourcing. Competitive games and MMO need comprehensive security solution, as cheating has a global lasting impact in matchmaking. Attackers may also have financial motivation to attack the anti cheat in these games.

Coop games might don't need as much security as competitive games, as some games do not have global state, or the global state is simply cosmetics. Since nowadays all the anticheat you can buy (except VAC) are kernel mode you'll have to accept the security risk just to have fun with your friends.