Or bad players might get owned by better ones, conclude the other guy was cheating and the only way to compete is for them to cheat as well.
Sort of like nuclear weapons
This has happened in online chess, with some people admitting to using engines (ie cheating) to "confirm their suspicion that the other guy is cheating".
This has happened in online chess, with some people admitting to using engines (ie cheating) to "confirm their suspicion that the other guy is cheating".