Would you like an in-game parser?

[Singularity]

Every single person paying to play this game has a fair expectation that they should be able to play the game as they like, at their own pace, and enjoy the experience within the confines of what the game offers and supports. Conversely, you, and others in your boat, have no legitimate expectation that the experience must include an official parser. In other words: Your want for an official parser, something you have absolutely no reasonable expectation of in FFXIV (it's never been promised to you), is not more important than others' desire to play the game and experience it without unwanted harassment from people who think it's their place to impose their playstyle/preferences on everyone else, "because numbers".

Neither is your want for there not to be an official parser.

The player that drags down the party, that expects the others to do all the work for them so they can AFK/auto-attack/ice-mage their way through content at the rest of the party's expense, saying "because that's fun for me" is exactly as entitled as the jerk that shouts down others for doing anything less than optimal DPS. That player is also "imposing their playstyle/preferences on everyone else"

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-WXYg-S05U

tl;dr: Officially, he's not allowed to say parsers are okay. He can only caution players to be discreet and responsible with them. Essentially, don't try to use your parsing numbers to harass other players. If someone reports you AND you have a parser running, you're likely going to see a ban or suspension.

I'm a little surprised this topic isn't being discussed further.

Yoshi-P's stance on parsers. He knows there's desire for it, he (rightly) fears abuse and he's trying to find a solution (that last information from a more recent interview question about addons).

As I've said, I support a self-only parser. It fills the needs of those that would use it for self-improvement and I don't see any way in which it could be abused.