https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLI1xKc-L4
This is why autists are fantastic, been curious about this for awhile and yeah, any of us who give a shit about the state of games should not be installing modern multiplayer games at all at this rate. I would not be shocked if even Valve get desperate about the cheaters in their games and they go all in on anti-cheat spyware. Alternatively they may end up officially partnering with face-it.
TLDR: It's worth than anyone thinks, this video gives context and detail.
The valorant anti cheat software stays on your computer after you uninstall the game. You have to separately delete it. It literally slows down the speed of your computer starting. Insane.