Unpopular opinion: Most people got banned for a reason.
As far as I can tell, the people who have actually NEVER used a third party tool on their account other than Reshade, didn't get banned.
While I do feel bad for kids who may have been unaware that changing your horse's coat color for example counts as cheating, I think this is an important step.
I can't rule out that there have been a few unjustified bans, and I hope those get resolved. But the majority of the angry mob seems to be either people who 1) "Only cheated once" and don't want to deal with any consequences 2) Did something a long time ago and didn't realize or remember it was cheating
Just days ago, social media accounts that sell cheats were bragging about how untouchable they are because SSO never does anything. Now that they're finally taking action, I they're spurning on the mob saying it's gonna kill SSO, as if they weren't part of killing the game.
In the Instagram comments, people who haven't even been banned themselves are calling for a Boycott, based simply on pleople CLAIMING they haven't cheated.
I hope SSO doesn't roll this back completely, they can't keep letting cheaters run free.