You are misusing the term "conspiracy theory", there is no conspiracy alleged here, just that a single company is behaving shadily given the incentives.
The trend toward dismissing anything one disagrees with as a "conspiracy theory" is going to rob the term of any meaning.
> there is no conspiracy alleged here, just that a single company is behaving shadily given the incentives.
This is the equivalent of "I'm just saying"
> The trend toward dismissing anything one disagrees with as a "conspiracy theory" is going to rob the term of any meaning.
No, I'm not dismissing anything I disagree with. I'm dismissing the idea that activision ban cheaters from their single player games to encourage cheaters to repurchase as a conspiracy theory.
It isn't an conspiracy theory because no conspiracy was alleged.
Something can be incorrect without being a conspiracy theory. Criticize the assertion about why activison bans cheaters all you like, but don't do it by calling it something it isn't just to smear the idea.
The trend toward dismissing anything one disagrees with as a "conspiracy theory" is going to rob the term of any meaning.