Quote Originally Posted by ArcaviusGreyashe View Post

Why should youtube guides exist ? They do give you information on how to beat content. WHAT ? YOU USE THEM ? But that's illegal, since the guide doesn't exist in game. How dare you ?

Hey, let's push it further ! Why should the lodestone database exist ? It gives recipes to people that have not acquired them yet. That's ILLEGAL. Wait, it's made by SE...

NO THE REAL PROBLEM IS google sheets that compare stuff or people sharing information on Discord about rotations and stuff.

It's a multiplayer game, Koldan, people share their intel, they share strats, they share gear optimizers... And that's for the best.
Comparing static information available on external platforms to an explicitly banned program which dynamically solves mechanics for you is a complete nonsense argument.

It isn't hard to understand why Cactbot is cheating; The more important question would be 'does it really matter?', or 'why do you care so much?', rather than attempting to frame Cactbot as legitimate or just as legitimate as something.. created by SE.