Most online games have a significant anti-cheating investment. The successful ones are quick to monitor and take action when a new method appears. There is currently no consequence of cheating, so more people do it. At least waste people’s time by making it harder to exploit.
Zwift doesn’t take action against a guy doing 600w for a few hours while mocking people in chat.
I can imagine it is hard for a company to do that. No matter how much I would like it.
It are still paying customers who do it, and if they get banned they are most likely leaving Zwift. And there is no guarantee that new users will join or come back because they are banning the cheaters.
So every ban is a loss for them. And I guess it always has to be checked manually if they were to perma ban them and that is time and money expensive also.
It is great that the rights of the guy doing Tour de Zwift for 13.4km at 762w average are being so carefully considered. “ResPect”
Almost daily on Alpe du Zwift I see at least two riders with dubious power and or weight, although they don’t have the extraordinary fitness of the TDZ rider mentioned above.