I can hate both Google and Microsoft for using the same tactic.

I hate that saying, usually because both the game and the players are utterly trash. Which is the case here, by the way.

I think it is totally ok to hate the player too.

"Should I show up any speck of decency? No, the game lets me get away with it anyway, so who cares" - Approximately everyone who uses that saying unironically.

If the only environment where someone will not be an asshole is an environment that punishes assholery, they are an asshole.

What is an example of Google using a similar tactic to grow Chrome market share?