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What is the point? To prevent single player cheats? Seems unnessecary.
by rightbyte 5y ago
What is the point? To prevent single player cheats? Seems unnessecary.
- kalium-xyz 5y agoDepending on how commercially minded the company is it might range from protecting “DLC” or something else that the user should[0] pay for, anti piracy, or to extend the grace period in which certain content remains undocumented online. [0] not my view
- somehnacct3757 5y agoTo prevent wide usage of mass produced cheats, called trainers. In the flash game ecosystem you relied on distribution to make money off a game. You wanted multiple portals to buy rights to the game. If it can be beaten quickly you make less money. So it's worth closing the door on the lowest rung of mass market cheaters.