Nice rant trying to psycho analyze me and gg at attacking me personally /golfclap.
I'm not sure where you think I'm personally attacking you, I'm honestly concerned about your well being. This sort of thing does not look healthy in your case.

If you're honestly not addicted, excuse me for caring.

I brought up the whole progress through repitition issue as the source of *why* gold farming, gold selling and botting exists in the first place and that it would be more beneficial to treat the disease and not the symptoms. Especially when treating those symptoms involve spyware.
So the fault of breaking a legal contract is due to the product and not the person? I personally don't agree with this sentiment, but that's your opinion.

Clearly, people are continuing to play this repetitive game. Either they find it fun, or they're addicted. Blizzard's subscription strategy seems to be working.

I have also stated that I am not overly concerned with Warden "stealing" anything from my machine. I am however concerned with the principle and the precedent that it is ok to use spyware as part of a game. Where are the lines drawn?
In the ToU/EULA. But you keep forgetting to read it. If enough people shared your sentiment and felt uncomfortable with spyware in their game, then they wouldn't have agreed to let Blizzard do it, and Blizzard would quickly go out of business running a game without any players.

You have a right to privacy, I agree.

Have you ever read those signs in banks and other storefronts that say "This building is monitored by video surveillance?" Well, Blizzard said "This service is monitored by Warden surveillance" and you clicked "I agree" and logged into the game. It's not like they've hidden anything from you.

As it is, Warden has been around since WoW's inception. Nobody had a problem with it until the bot-programmers started spreading the rumor that Warden suddenly changed to the point that it was dangerous.

The only change made is that warden is not predictable until after it has done its scan. It has always been dynamically updateable, but now it's just less predictable as to which version is going to run. It's unpredictable because cheaters were able to detect changes and make changes to their technology to keep it out of Blizzard's sight while they stole Blizzard's intellectual property.

It seems like the only victim here is Blizzard. What changed so much in this latest Warden change that has everyone up in arms?

Absolutely nothing.

Paranoia just spreads faster than wildfire.

And I profusely apologize for not studiously reading the EULA every patch because I want to be entertained and not swamped in a morass of legaleze.
If you were as concerned about protecting your legal rights as you are seem to be in these posts, I'd highly advise you read these.
However, it's also your choice if you decide to lie about reading these documents when you click "I agree" just because you're "too busy"...

I mean, you don't seem "too busy" to read through and reply to all these posts and form a opinion on your legal rights being stepped on without ever having read the legal documents you signed.

Anyway, I'm off for now to go do the "mindless grinding" that I find fun. I think I've made my point, and I won't spam you guys further.

Ta, ta.