Why hardware boxing always also is software boxing

[Swaggasauruz]

I think if they were concerned with hardware multiboxing they would have mentioned it specifically.

Also, there are hardware solutions that don't simply rely on a switch distributing outputs to multiple computers via software replicating input. Before another user on these forums posted a link to a cheap switch my solution was going to be creating a makeshift keyboard on a breadboard each key would be wired to an input pin on several different Arduino microcontrollers. The Arduinos act as a keyboard and sends the keypress to the computer. This is how a normal keyboard works - a microcontroller processes the signal from the button(s) you press and send it to a computer. With 1 keypad you can control as many outputs as you want without any software replication - the replication occurs at a physical level where a voltage is sent to multiple chips with 1 keypress.

[MadMilitia]

I think if they were concerned with hardware multiboxing they would have mentioned it specifically.

Don't fall for that.

Once upon a time the /follow removal was for battlegrounds only, seeing multiboxing in BG was the problem.

Then came the /follow removal in ALL PvP content, with some midway adjustment to allow it in rated PvP.

They will leave the door open as wide as possible to trick you into thinking it's fine. This weasel way of saying they're fine with you spending money but not fine with your playstyle and they will likely end it 5-10 years later.

That's not good enough.

[Swaggasauruz]

My point was that at this time hardware multiboxing is not prohibited and it's such an obvious replacement for software broadcasting that if they currently have an issue with it it would have been mentioned.

Sure, this may change over time but none of us can predict the future so it's not helpful to speculate.