Originally posted by losthalfway
Am I the only person that's very suspicious that all this talk of security is really a smokescreen for jagex to gain massively more control over our accounts? Now we won't be able to play on alternate clients -- what if runelite gets substantially worse and now an alternate client can't exist? What if jagex acquires runelite? Is jagex going to use the launcher in the way other games companies do: to promote other games and special offers?
Also, I'm not sure if I value the additional 'security' more than I value the possibility of getting support if I lose access to my account. I'm not sure if this move really benefits players, or rather serves as an excuse for jagex to save money providing what little support it currently does. Backup codes don't really give me much comfort -- so if a bad actor got access to my backup codes, they'd be able to totally steal my account with no recourse?
I'm skeptical.
We already 'own' your accounts, I'm not sure more control we would want, really.
You ask questions about the Launcher. One thing it does fantastically well is ensure verification of people connecting to the game client (and RuneLite - whom we have a great relationship with, and are on the Launcher!), meaning we can ensure much smoother world-hopping etc. I do not envision a world in which we drown you with ads and offers. We want you to play Old School.
Having only your back-up code wouldn't give somebody access to your account, no. But do not give the back-up codes to anybody...
At the end of the day, you're going to remain sceptical. All I can do is say... this isn't a powerplay. It's an expensive initiative that costs money (via resource/time/tooling investment) rather than saving money.