Does Square intend to address Market botting?

[Jojoya]

Considering how very restricted the things a free trial player can do are [i.e. they can't use retainers, they can't trade, they can't friend people or join free companies], I'm guessing this is the primary way SE is trying to address market botting.

There's nothing new about those trial restrictions. They've been in place for years. They take QoL away from the trial player as a way to encourage purchase of the game if the players is enjoying the content they can access.

It's not a way of addressing the current market botting problem, though certainly the problem would be worse if those restrictions weren't in place.