SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Mcshiggs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-WXYg-S05U#t=367 Is this mind-reading? An official interview with the game's director?
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What your buddy said here

AThe current status quo is precisely what SE want, the average player has zero need for a parser and keeping it that way is a good thing to help curb inter player abuse. But the top tier of content for the hardcore players is tuned around the assumption that they are doing the kind of dps that can only be achieved through info devised from parser output.

Yoshida mentions nothing about top tier content being developed with players using parsers in mind, she made this part up. What I got from the interview, parsers are against the rules, that is the official stance, if you use one and do something that gets you caught, action can be taken on your account, if you are contacted by someone because of this, it's not going to be Yoshida, it will be a GM, and I doubt quoting an interview he did where he made it a point to say the official statement was they are against ToS won't help you get a lesser punishment. He said he understands that PC players want to use them because they are used to them, but to develop content around requiring your dps to do damage that can only be attained from parsers would be kind of a kick to goody sac to the PS3/4 players.

Of course if someone is hacking, or doing something like Yoshida said that hacks to help them get gil, they are going to make it a point to go after that. He also said that if you use a parser be careful and don't give them a reason to investigate you, because in the end, they are against ToS. If you get pulled over for going 5 mph over the speed limit and the cop let's you off with a warning, it doesn't mean you weren't speeding, you were still breaking the rules.