The struggle of Addons, is very real.

[MiaShino]

Do not even poses one fraction of the experience my uncle or other extended family do dealing with this. Even I can state most confidently that waging wars against mods/addons is never something that ends in anything but sadness.

Allowing them and implementing proper modding api would enable not only console user access to addons, it would give Square method for curating. There would be clear definition of what is or is not allowed from start. QoL could be left to community members and implemented quickly. With proper mod API addons could be installed from within the game (whichever are allowed by them).

Why do something simple and efficient though when full scorched earth make everyone feisty is option instead.

[Vav2021]

I think that's a good idea in lou of punishing people for using addons that don't really change the difficulty of the game. Chat bubbles, different UI frames, maybe enhanced social interface.

[Punslinger]

And this advantage becomes even more pronounced if they wish to move into Enterprise Resource Planning. They just don't stand a chance against cheaters with all the extra, easily-digestible information their dastardly addons give.

I always had to suppress a giggle every time I walked past the "ERP Team" cubicles at my last job.