Kæmper du med at fange væsner i Pokémon Go, så er der en række forskellige applikationer på markedet som kan hjælpe dig på rette vej. Hvad du måske ikke ved er, at disse applikationer faktisk overtræder forbrugsreglerne for Pokémon Go.
Disse applikationer tærer nemlig på spillets server-infastruktur, og er ikke en del af Niantic Labs' vision for spillet, og derfor har de løbende banned spillere der har brugt applikationerne.
"Each end-user app can be used as a collection tool by the app creator, invisibly collecting and forwarding data to the app creator with or without the knowledge of the end user", skriver Niantic i en opdatering. "These apps can have an effect similar to DDoS attacks on our servers. Because of this we have had to ban some accounts associated with using these add-on map tools, leading to confusion by some users about why they were banned".
Dog har Niantic foretaget nogle ændringer i deres interne system, der gør at udvikleren nu kan unbanne visse spillere igen. Det lader til at studiet nu har en måde at skille dem der bevidst bryder reglerne, fra dem der bare kom til det:
"As a result of some changes made to our infrastructure, we are now able to unban this set of accounts. Add-on maps which scrape data from our servers still violate our Terms of Service and use of them may still result in an account ban going forward. Accounts whose sole purpose was to scrape data are not being unbanned. Accounts which used apps or websites to remotely capture Pokémon, battle or deploy on Gyms, or harvest resources from PokéStops are also not being unbanned".