Japanese FFXIV streamer receives a suspension for using add-ons.

[ForteNightshade]

Most likely it'll just blow over, but there's a chance it might put them in a spot where they have to take their heads out of the sand and either completely ban mods, logs and addons and take measures to block them, or realize they have no choice but to give some of them the green light because they'd lose too many players.

The latter option is their only recourse. It's far too late to try putting that genie back in its bottle. They can certainly try, however doing so will kill their entire raiding scene and cost them to lose millions when you consider the sheer number of players using not just parers but mods and addons.

My guess is this all blows over and they're only making a big deal because it's the current hot topic. It's just a shame the dev team doesn't seem to realize all they've really accomplished is allowing people to bully streamers. Bit ironic how they don't want to encourage harassment yet they're indirectly allowing it to happen.