Not really. Having an algorithm ban 9k accounts for gold spamming is a good start, but they will just be replaced. More worrisome is the line from that post that was left out.

・Accounts receiving disciplinary action for participation in RMT/illegal activity: 1
・Action Details: Temporary ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV

If botting players (as opposed to botting RMT operators, who know that account banning is a cost of business) had been perma-banned by the thousands there would be quite an uproar about it. That means that this sort of suspension is much more likely the route that they will take (if any at all) for dealing with players who bot sometimes. There was all of one suspension during the period you mentioned. A single one, across the entire game. Given the number of bots I see (and report) running the same patterns for a few hours most every day.... yea..... calling SE out on not addressing this issue does seem quite reasonable.