Hacking Video Games In A Personal/Isolated Environment
I agree with Mr Ahsan Jalal’s answer.
Thanks for the answers 😊
@FortunateServant what do you think of those micro-transactions which seem unreasonable. I’m not talking about dlc content talking about those ones which you have to pay real money to get additional health ammo etc (basically stuff already stored inside the memory address of your own computer). Asked this question to a friend of mine he said that whatever I do with a software/game that I bought and store within my own system is completely fine as long as whatever I do does not go outside the bounds of my system. Along those lines he said that a contract which restricts your personal freedom with a program you paid for and occupies space within your computer is not a valid one according to Islam. Same logic that if someone sells me a pen under the condition that I can’t use it to write provided that there is no real reason that writing with the pen will cause harm to anyone, then that condition is not a valid one. So if I use a hex editor to change health, ammo, in game money which has no real value (all of which are NOT stored on an online server but within my system) in a game which otherwise has the option of notorious micro-transactions to buy such things for single player, is that fine? What do you think of that?
Generally companies that do singleplayer micro-transaction also forces you to stay online where they can check if you are hacking and getting the benefits for free which according to their TOS must be purchased. Generally, people are not confident to hack to get perks in games on their own so they rely on companies to provide this services. You can get banned for getting these benefits through an unofficial way if company detects you and chooses to take action, although normally companies do tolerate it because it will make them lose players for restricting their freedom to hack since very few people are capable of hacking and do not cause concern for company….yet. It is generally not ethical in my opinion to hack any software where company explicitly tells you not to hack it in a way that causes loss in its profit. However for this part: “Along those lines he said that a contract which restricts your personal freedom with a program you paid for and occupies space within your computer is not a valid one according to Islam. Same logic that if someone sells me a pen under the condition that I can’t use it to write provided that there is no real reason that writing with the pen will cause harm to anyone, then that condition is not a valid one.” You are going to need an expert opinion on this part @UmerQureshi @Irfan76