If you don't like being target for violating TOS...how about don't violate the TOS?

[Semirhage]

Sorry to tell you this, but there is a difference.

Someone breaking the ToS (by parsing, ui mods, etc.) and keeping it to themselves

VS

Someone breaking the ToS (by parsing, ui mods, etc.) and publicly advertising that they're doing it.

You don't say a word about what you're doing? Shoot for the stars. You admit to doing naughty things or publicly showing you doing naughty things? You do not get to act like a victim when you are punished. You can go ahead and hide behind the "Obnoxious church lady" or "nosing in on other peoples business" as a defense, but Streamers willingly hit the Go Live button and advertise their show. Their business BY DESIGN is public-domain. If they don't like that, then they can go off-stream. Nobody forced them to hit the Go Live button.

You need to drop this defense. As much as your "toxic casuals" arguments. You fight for a Parser to be implemented into the game, then actively give SE reasons not to. You think insulting other people is going to get you what you want?

And before anyone decides to respond to me with anything along the lines of "Your fault you're insulted". No. To the Void with that. You're choosing to be a ne'er-do-well. Get treated like one. You want a Parser to be in the game? Prove you can be civil, instead of bear fangs at people against you.

Motte and Bailey yet again.

Who's being harmed by showing third party plugins on stream? Oh, it's nobody? It's nobody. Punishing people for having it visible on stream is a case of "it's bad because it's against the rules, and it's against the rules because it's bad". The moment the "against the TOS because harassment and incivility" argument becomes indefensible, you guys immediately retreat to "well it's against the rules anyway so it's bad just by itself".

You don't get it both ways. Is it bad because harassment potential, or bad because Square doesn't want to support it? People punished for streaming with plugins who aren't harassing people is what happened last week. And yet, all of the toxic casual arguments center around harassment. Until someone points out that's complete BS, and you flee to pointing at the TOS as if it's some unquestionable gospel that requires no justification.

I don't feel the need to be cutesy and hesitant and shy around Puritanical churchladies who think other people should be banned for reasons that have nothing to do with their obfuscating lies about harassment, when they actually think they should be banned because they hate knowledge and numbers.