So apparently FFXIV-App is banworthy now?

[kukurumei]

This is the issue at hand.

no it's not, you may have forgotten about it in so many pages of tunnel vision.

This issue is someone got slapped for using an unsanctioned program that affects gameplay to grief other players. and here you go "Oh it would have never been a problem because it's not unsanctioned".

A duh. tool used for doing bad stuff. Both the tool and the person doing it are both relevant. Or do you not get why we ban and restrict a whole lot of stuff, from everything from the length of a knife, to the carrying of a gun, to the drinking of alcohol.

Issue at hand my rear, if anything you're trying to go on tangents on the key issue: unsanctioned program that affects gameplay to grief other players is a major offense.

/thread

If you guys want to argue the logic of such a rule and where it fits into the whole grand scheme of "fun enhancement," then that's another story. BUT until official word from SE says otherwise, parsers fall into the Data Mining category of in-game no-nos and anyone who tries to argue the opposite has no case to present.
Don't get me wrong, I am curious on what SE has to say on this issue. Maybe some of the arguments raised by both sides won't fall on deaf ears. Of course, you never know with SE, so I won't get my hopes up.

Datamining is frown upon the same reason you don't heckle at a movie theater or post spoilers in a book club.

And you can say the whole ToS argument revolves around the same concept. Stop trying to ruin otherwise fun things for everyone, just because you think otherwise.