Quote Originally Posted by Saraide View Post
Isnt part of why bots get to fly under SE's radar exactly because they dont hurt the general playerbase? Unless a majority of people crafts their own shit, low market board prices are going to help the majority of players, not harm them. The lower prices are, the easier it is to get by just by gil you get from various rewards.
Content selling didn't hurt the general playerbase either. Someone else paying for their UwU clear doesn't mean you didn't get yours, nor does it impact your gameplay. Far as I'm aware too, nobody's accounts were being compromised from these top end sellers, since that'd be very bad for them to get continued business. Despite that, they put a very clear indication eventually to not advertise your content selling, and doing so is bannable for both PF rules and RMT rules.

Abuse of glitches for an advantage never hurt any players either, and instead made clearing stuff to advance player progression easier. Never forget Ungarmax. Yet, players who abused that were getting suspended, despite the fact that nobody would be negatively impacted by it, only positively.

Just because something "doesn't hurt the general playerbase" doesn't mean that makes it suddenly okay. Both examples listed above are cases that have no actual negative impact on any players, only, potentially, possible ones. And despite that, Square puts a stance against it. The only real difference here is more bots = more subs, and having an actual stance on bots means less people will bot, which is less subs.