Steam is probably worried about the liability of banning people. At some point, if it hasn't already happened, there will be a lawsuit (class-action?) started by someone who has been banned but claims they weren't cheating. They'll claim that they were sold a product with an online gaming component, and the product didn't perform the online piece due to incompetence/negligence/malfeasance on the part of Steam .
Now that risk will be shouldered by the developer. They will have to make sure they keep the evidence of cheating and the decision for banning for a couple of years, as the statute of limitations for this sort of claim is about that long. Don't have the evidence? Uh-oh.
Steam doesn't want this headache. I suspect this is why Steam has banned very few players at all.
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Because it won't be long before the lawyers get invovled
Steam is probably worried about the liability of banning people. At some point, if it hasn't already happened, there will be a lawsuit (class-action?) started by someone who has been banned but claims they weren't cheating. They'll claim that they were sold a product with an online gaming component, and the product didn't perform the online piece due to incompetence/negligence/malfeasance on the part of Steam .
Now that risk will be shouldered by the developer. They will have to make sure they keep the evidence of cheating and the decision for banning for a couple of years, as the statute of limitations for this sort of claim is about that long. Don't have the evidence? Uh-oh.
Steam doesn't want this headache. I suspect this is why Steam has banned very few players at all.