Are people really selling their Zwift accounts?

Zwift has terms of service, these bots are against those terms of service. So I don’t see why those folk shouldn’t be kicked out. It’s not a matter of “offending” ones sense of justice, they are violating the terms of service.

They disrupt group rides as well. I’ve seen them turn up at be on a hard ride at 4.8w/kg+ for 120km or more forcing the pace faster. It’s a negative on the experience - which of course is covered by the terms of service 5.viii and cheating covered under 5.xi.

https://support.zwift.com/en_us/zwift-terms-of-service-faq-S11VRRTV

Q: I use bots to stream my rides; can I still do that?
A: If you want to use bots, for any purpose, shoot us a note at five-o@zwift.com with your request. We have approved uses of bots in some cases, but any use of bots requires written consent which we’ll issue on a case-by-case basis.

Some more background: https://forums.zwift.com/t/bots-a-very-strong-warning-to-zwift

Everyone doing the right thing is part of maintaining a good community. If more and more people start using exploits or bots, honest users will just get fed up and go elsewhere then it all starts to fall down. Worse is they will tell everyone else the experience is bad and there are lots of cheaters, then the word gets around and you can see what happens then. That’s why you have to stop the exploits.

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