Ok, serious question, because I'm a newbie.

Is it really a lie that Act isn't a hacking tool? Does it change anything in-game or is it just an overlay? I mean, at its core it is against the ToS for being third-party, but is it hacking into the game? I'm not asking if calling it a hacking tool is hyperbole or not. I'm asking if the statement is actually factually true or if people are lying to themselves and saying it's not? I have no idea.

Again, I don't know about act. But you could still argue that modding actual files in the game is hacking into it. Don't you have to access files to hack into it?