I hate to burst your bubble but TToE (4th book) is not out yet. There will be three novellas released first then book 4. All still have no set release date AFAIK
https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2023/01/scott-lynch-releases-excerpt-from-new.html?m=1
Once people know where that is they will remove it and continue install-bombing.
This opens Pandora’s box… how do you prove a person installed a game on a device at least once? Fresh windows install, is that a new device? In a Virtual Machine, is that a new device? How do you identify a user as the same person? It goes on and on…