I think it's for the best to just accept that retaining control over your machine is just incompatible with the competitive online gaming, and that's fine. There is plenty of gaming to be had that isn't competitive, and/or isn't online.
And in fact there are many online games that are competitive not in the narrow sense used above, but in a more general sense where people don't cheat because they choose not to, usually because a sense of community does exist among players of such games.
And in fact there are many online games that are competitive not in the narrow sense used above, but in a more general sense where people don't cheat because they choose not to, usually because a sense of community does exist among players of such games.