Cheaters are taking away my interest in playing further

I never claimed that netcode or lag can occur, rather that it started to be used as an excuse for everything strange that happens in a game. There should be a point even with a bad netcode, where people get fed up and stop playing, but that point is never reached even though the netcode just gets worse and worse with every update. How much delay is added by all the cheat programs that are running at the same time, it can't be completely free and without impact, either.