-Some of us are also pvpers, raiders, RPers, FC leaders/staff, etc...
-Some of us do not want to screw over fellow crafters and gatherers
-Some of us want to do something else other than grinding ffxiv every once in a while
-Some of us had serious burnout from the last time, and it affected restoration efforts post-season

It was not healthy to keep doing, and competeing against bots is even less healthy.