Try pirating void opals off players, you will see how rampant it is... Oh right they all developed connection problems after receiving a comms message... lol
How do you know they are not using a menu log, which is allowed and only on a 15-second timer?
And considering they can start that timer the moment the interdiction mini-game starts (as far as I'm aware you can, never done it so could be wrong).
How much time has passed before you actually drop out and can try to steal from them?
How easy is it for someone to make a ship to last those 15 seconds just to mess with you?
Don't misunderstand. I'm not a fan of that tactic, if people choose to play in open then they should play properly.
But accusing everyone of cheating is on the same level as pirates being accused of being murder hobos / "griefers".
You don't like being lumped in through over generalisation, yet are willing to over generalise.
See my point yet?