Quote Originally Posted by Welsper59 View Post
they'll still be here because it doesn't cost them a thing to be on these games (stolen credit cards, hacked accounts, etc).
This is a stereotypical and gross misrepresentation of the industry. If they had so many stolen credit cards they wouldn't even need to sell gil. There may be some RMT companies hijacking accounts and stealing bank credentials, but if we assume that as the norm then there is literally no reason for their RMT presence in the first place, and hijacking accounts is contrary to their purpose of selling gil to those players. It makes no sense as a business model, so for arguments sake let's assume that's the exception rather than the rule.

Quote Originally Posted by Welsper59 View Post
Telling people to stop doing something bad, is like telling murderers, rapists, thieves, etc to stop doing what they do. Wanting devs to find a way to prevent those people from doing it, is like telling the cops to prevent the person from committing said crime. We know that things would be better without the bad, but it's here and it's not going anywhere.
Firstly, it seems kind of harsh to compare gil-buyers to thieves, murderers and rapists. It's against the ToS, but that's about it. Secondly, these businesses can't exist without a web presence, and certainly not without someone being able to log onto said site and buy their wares.

Taking down an RMT account is like cutting the head of a hydra; two more will appear in its place. Take down the body of the beast, and the whole thing comes tumbling down. Of course, no one said the beast would be easy to kill otherwise it would have been done already.