Microsoft has long wanted to get vendors out of the kernel. It’s a huge privacy/security/stability risk, and causes major issues like the Crowdstrike outage.
Most of those issues also apply to kernel anti-cheat as well, and it’s likely that Microsoft will also attempt to move anti-cheat vendors out of kernel space. The biggest gaming issues with steamOS/Linux are kernel anti-cheat not working, so this could be huge for having full compatibility of multiplayer games on Linux.
As for actual kernel anticheat software siphoning out data, again, it’s something that we should not immediatly dismiss… The lack of evidence is not entirely on either side of this sudden ‘you vs. me’
Acxiom does sell a package of “Gaming” data. Probably coming from mobile phones for the most part, since that’s where most Studios are more aggressive (even towards children, see Tilting Point Media LLC settlement last year)
Again, knowing which Studios are selling data (identifiable or not) is impossible if no Court interferes.
I was only trying to make the point that it is feasible… That’s why I referred you to recall that “capitalism bad yadda yadda…”