why not just kill the metaverse/in game user/account? it is just as impactful, possibly more impactful and you get the same finality without being deemed an illegal device?

i'm thinking back to my mmorpg days playing ragnarok on a private US server where i spent easily 2 years of my teenage life leveling a blacksmith to lvl 99 while also becoming the richest and most powerful guild leader on the server. if i had the consequence of losing that account due to in game death, i'd play completely differently too...