Game dev banned from ChatGPT for 'cyber abuse'; AI rejected his appeal in one minute
Davisdman · reddit · 2026-10-05
A game developer paying $100/month for ChatGPT says his account was banned for 'cyber abuse' with no warning or explanation, while he was only building his own games (a geography-guessing app, Saddle Storm, Senior Sendoff). His email and official appeal were each rejected within one minute by automated replies, with no human review and no indication of which rule was violated. He suspects the filter flagged normal dev tasks like installing test builds on his own iPhone.
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