They already are and have. I have stopped playing for 2 reasons: the pisspoor recent update and the hacking. There has been a steady decline in Official PC PVP players for going on about 2 years because of hacking. 3 years now for the atrocity that is the ToC and Zendesk.
Vocal private server owners like to boast about being vigilant against hacking. They still have to actively monitor and ban players who jump on with 3rd party.
So it affects both Official and Private. Everyone on PC should be asking for better for the health of the game, sanity and hours spent.