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by reassess_blind 28 days ago
I really couldn’t care less if their software is trying to catch model distillation or reselling with sneaky tactics like this.

Just like I don’t care that game clients run sneaky anti-cheat measures.

Right now they offer a good product, and I’m fine with them trying to limit abuse of their services. If an altruistic alternative company with an equivalent product pops up, sure, I’d swap over, but I don’t see one.

I’ve seen people here talking about how they should’ve been upfront about this. But they can’t? If they were, they wouldn’t be able to catch the resellers/distillers. Just like how anti-cheat doesn’t explain how it works, because to do so would be to nullify its effectiveness.