The paper this article is based on is from 2009. I'd argue that's against rule 5.

I think it’s important to make note of the fact that they were banned on Reddit for good reason

Reddit is an echo chamber. Being banned there is not indicative of anything.

Are most ignoring the numerous examples of Reddit subs users inferred “likely won’t be a big deal” becoming obviously problematic down the line, with the inevitable ban/quarantine occuring with most upset it wasn’t dealt with from the start?

You've just explained how Reddit became an echo chamber which is the same road lemmy.world is taking.

we don’t know that denuvo ACTUALLY impacts sale numbers by convincing those mean old pirates to buy their game

But we do know it improves sales, that's why every game publisher that can afford it is using it. They have years of data to prove it. What do you have?

You're right, fixed.

This same logic could be used to argue that the government forced people to get the covid vaccine.

Flagg Center Church? As in Randall Flagg?

Did you read the article? The title of this post is false.

The article doesn't say that. The title is false.

That claim is not on the article. Did anybody read it?

Have you ever used cheats on single player games when that was still a thing developers put in games? I did, it was fun. That's why.

Nobody cared at all

The mods cared. There were many bots used by moderators that relied on karma, the main one being automoderator.