Gil stolen through market board

[TurtlesAWD]

I think everyone wants a better housing system. To be honest, that isn't even up for debate. The system we have sucks. Period. And they should be actively pushing for something better, yes. That doesn't change the fact that auto clicker programs are against the ToS. You can argue semantics all day and get nowhere if that's your thing, but that doesn't change a thing. It's against the ToS. No sympathy from me for those who use such things. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Here's that "obedience to authority" thing again - whoever said following the ToS was inherently right? It certainly wouldn't be righteous by virtue of being an authority - Terms of service are frequently not legally binding, this is generally because there's limitations on what a game can limit you as a person from doing or what kind of information they can gather about you.

I think everyone understands what you're saying for the most part. They just don't agree. And, quite frankly, you aren't actually making a good argument to begin with. You are saying a lot of words but that's basically it. You can say as many of them as you want and/or as fanciful as you want. It won't make you look more intelligent.

Their reasons for disagreeing have seemed pretty arbitrary and inconsistent, so I remain unpersuaded. Also, "having a lot of words" isn't a good reason for me to believe I'm not correct, sorry. Do you believe the game rules should be applied consistently and universally? Do you believe the method of systemic circumvention matters more than the outcome? If you don't have any beliefs, that's fine - then don't have an opinion on the subject. If you do believe something, you have to follow through with that in a consistent way, or you just look arbitrary.

I'm also guessing most of the reason the OP's account remains active/unbanned is because it's more of a "he said/she said" sort of thing. There's no hard proof that anything happened. Just...a screenshot which doesn't provide actual proof and their words. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together for most of us, but there needs to be actual evidence for account actions. And I doubt the OP will report themselves for their "stolen" gil.

Do you think the ToS should encompass rulings about software the game can never even know whether or not you've used?

It's not an equivalent level of gameplay. The click spamming is using tools build within the game and doesn't break or exploit any game systems or gain an unfair advantage. Adding automation through autoclicking adds a greater advantage. Manual clicking takes work and endurance, they have to stop for toilet breaks, they might have to go to work, they might have to eat, sleep and have a life during the time they're trying to get a house, whilst your autoclicker can set and forget and have all the advantage.

Manual clickers have a higher chance the more work they put in. Auto clickers have the advantage over somebody who puts all the effort in. It's an unauthorised tool that gives an unfair advantage of those in game and would be an exploit whereas the manual clickers would not by comparison. I think software to aid disability would be a stretch of interpreting the ToS, YoshiP went more into depth into their stance with what their stance is regarding third party tools, it edged more towards tools that give an unfair advantage or result in griefing

You can't "earn" something that's random - buying more lotto tickets doesn't entitle someone to winning the jackpot. Housing isn't a goal to be clicked towards and the method you're describing is just a less efficient way of circumventing the system via the same brute force method.