Game launcher installs Root CA certificate on your machine (2024)

The entitlement of application authors to do whatever the fuck they want on your machine is astounding to me.

Root CAs, background processes 24/7, uploading of the full process list, clipboard spying, local network scanning, surveillance (aka telemetry) - when did developers decide that our machines aren’t ours anymore?

The alternative being a walled garden like Apple or (increasingly) Android, where they don't have access to anything (at least without a prompt asking if you grant said permission). If you run a system that lets you do what you want to it, you need to accept that others might try to do what they want to it, too.