At this point will FFXIV collapse if all mods and third party tools disappear?

[WickedSensei]

I would say that it's because they're so hardcore that they end up looking for add-ons that make things more comfortable for them.
A true casual wouldn't give a damn, because what do they care if they can't see or do something that they should probably see? They'll hopefully do or see it anyway, eventually.

I've personally never cared if people use them or not as you said, it doesn't affect me mostly.

My comment was mostly in response to the "the game would die without add-ons, as most people use them"

I wish the game had in game voice chat though as I would do Savage and harder content more often but as of now when I've tried I've been forced to download discord to participate.

I have heard that WOW got to a point where you can't do most content without third-party tools I don't really want FF to get to that point.

But I'd adjust either way.