Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
Despite the posts above, it actually is their official stance. They're not out of touch - in a live letter, Yoshi P used these as examples for why they don't give specific advice for specific apps. Another example he used is using microsoft excel to calculate DPS from a copy pasted battlelog. Technically it falls afoul of the TOS, but in practice it would be ridiculous to enforce - but because making "per app" distinctions would never end, they have a blanket policy of using third party apps with FF14 in any way is not allowed.

Please note that I am not agreeing with their stance. But that's what they've said it is and that's their explanation.

Here's an exact quote on that segment:


And here is the full translation if you're curious.

So, to reiterate. Their policy is no third party apps/tools/etc, period.
Out of date policy.

Live letter going into last ShB patch Yoshida addressesed ACT, Discord, etc directly

And the stance is now we will only take action if you're using these to harass others, which they have a zero tolerance policy on