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=== Easy Anti-Cheat (July 2022) ===

The most divisive decision in VRChat Inc.'s history. On July 25, 2022, the company announced the implementation of Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) — a client-side anti-modification system used in major games including Apex Legends and Fortnite.

The stated goal was preventing malicious modified clients. The community's response was immediate and severe:

* VRChat was '''review-bombed on Steam''', driving its overall rating to "Mostly Negative" within days
* EAC blocked all client modifications — including accessibility tools that had filled gaps in VRChat's native feature set (speech-to-text, UI scaling, motion sickness reduction)
* A portion of users relocated to competing platforms (ChilloutVR, Resonite)

[[VRChat Inc.]] did not reverse EAC but responded with an accelerated accessibility roadmap — the fastest period of accessibility feature development in company history. Features including a native EarMuff system, personal mirrors, and Horizon Adjust were fast-tracked.

For full documentation, see [[Easy Anti-Cheat Controversy (July 2022)]].