Don't write or sell scripts for grabbing tickets, flash sales, fake orders or bonus-farming, even if it is only "automating button clicks"
- Top value
- Evidence A
- Keeps you free
- Free
- Takes minutes
- No willpower
In plain words
A script that doesn't change memory or crack anything, and only sends requests faster than a person can, can still lead to a conviction. Earning 5,000 CNY or causing the other side a loss of 10,000 CNY is enough. One person used bought 12306 (China's national railway ticketing site) accounts to grab more than 200 tickets for others and earned more than 20,000 CNY. The sentence was 1 year 6 months, suspended for 1 year 6 months, and a fine of 5,000 CNY. Someone who sold ticket-grabbing software in an online shop paid 20,000 CNY in damages for unfair competition.
Mentioned in
- Claim discounts under your own real identity, don't buy virtual numbers to register many throwaway accounts, and don't claim repeatedly through loopholes
- Don't make or sell game cheats or assist tools, including AI assists that "only read the screen and never touch memory," and don't sell modified versions that add features to software like WeChat
- Scrape only public pages that need no login, don't get around anti-scraping measures, don't touch personal information, and don't sell what you scrape
- Don't make or release tools that automatically skip or block ads in other companies' apps; even if they are free and offline, they can be found to be unfair competition
Translated from the Chinese original. Original book, section 11, tip 3. This section describes legal rules, mostly mainland China’s. It is general information, not legal advice; for your own case, talk to a lawyer. Content may be out of date and rules differ by place. When you actually deal with an agency, a doctor or a court, follow what local officials, doctors and lawyers tell you. Disclaimer