In light of the recent discussions about 3rd party tools I have a bold suggestion

[Kaurhz]

You're talking about how horrible things are now because people are using addons but I still haven't seen one person discuss any real detriment to their experience that came as a result of addon usage. The best I get out of any of you is a variation of "it's unfair" or, like I said in the op, a disingenuous take based in not actually knowing anything about addons. Once again, I don't use any gameplay altering addons or ACT, but the fact that others do is no skin off my nose. I loathe the idea of rotations being consolidated to single buttons but some people use addons for that purpose, and I don't care that they do. I think wow's ui is completely ugly but some people use addons to alter the ingame ui to look more like wow's because they're more comfortable with it, and I don't care that they do. It doesn't affect anyone's ingame experience, but you're talking about "and now you have" as if we've suddenly gone down some slippery slope and things are oh so horrible because of stinky addon users.

It really depends really in the direction that the tools themselves go. That said, I don't think your apathy and indifference to the situation regarding addons is a real justification for you trying to push aside or dismiss the concerns of other individuals regarding an uneven footing. If you wish to be apathetic towards the situation, then by all means. -- The situation can take a turn for the worst if the developers elect to take the course of action where addons influence encounter and mechanic design in any capacity.

Furthermore, if you think that ACT and the addons therein are limited exclusively to combat (parsing and raiding), which I least of all posit from your OP, then you yourself should really steer clear of this topic in any real capacity because addons can be quite extensive in which areas of the game they cover or can be utilized. -- I can assure you that there are addons which inarguably do fall within the realm of cheating - and in this regard, just because you feel indifference to this subject, do not expect the same courtesy from individuals.

TL;DR: Just because you don't find the situation as poor, this does not mean that the situation is in fact not poor. Furthermore, if you think addons are only utilized within the raiding and parse logging facets then you're just as clueless as everyone else as to what addons can and cannot do.

Edit: You see this is the whole problem with creating a permissible or a forbidden list of addons. Contrary to some limiting beliefs, what addons can accomplish is quite extensive. This reigns true for practically any game ever created that involves the use of addons. -- To do such requires looking at absolutely every single addon.