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Originally Posted by Korben
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Please stop because I showed you that plenty of other massive games use this same sort of thing, after you said no other game did?.
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Blizzard is a billion dollar company. If I let Blizzard into my system folder and they accidentally turn my computer into a brick, I can sue them. And they're one of the few companies that get away with it, even with the resources of a corporation behind them.
This is a hobby project on the internet. It's anonymous and free. If I let them into my system folder and they accidentally turn my computer into a brick, I have no recourse. I'm just screwed.
Tampering with the system folder is a big deal. One typo and boom, my computer is a brick. One weirdness that's unique to my system-- boom, my computer is a brick. Your antivirus is right to flag this. It
is dangerous software.