Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[Rhael]

I'm sure nobody posting in this thread uses addons

Let's clear a few things up too. I haven't been playing this game since long before dragonflight came out.

I've been playing since ARR. What's your point?

I was only brought here because of what happened with the world first scandal. I didn't know how bad the addon problem was, and I had already been losing interest in this game because the content rolls out so slowly. Now that I know the addon problem is as bad as it is? Why would I ever subscribe to this game of sanctioned cheaters? It's different in WoW because it is officially supported and I don't have to download sketchy unsupported addons that are hidden in the dark web because they are against the ToS.

oh boy here we go...
You don't know how bad the addon problem is because you're clearly overestimating their proliferation and catastrophizing. It's not nearly as bad as you seem to want to believe it is.
This isn't a game of "sanctioned cheaters."
You're not going to find any plugins or addons or third party tools etc etc on the darkweb lmao. None of them are hiding or difficult to find or inaccessible.

Why would I support a company that supports cheating directly? All the ultimate weapons used to look so cool and I'd actually feel respect for the players holding them, now? It just feels cringe to look at. 99% chance they abused cheats to get the weapon.

Square Enix has never, at any point, supported cheating directly.

You cheaters are the reason we will be under surveillance, and for what? Because you didn't want to achieve things without cheating in a video game. That is why we will be brought under surveillance. Because you can't help from CHEATING IN A VIDEO GAME.

I - along with most people who know how to play the game - am not a cheater, and the playerbase is not going to be brought under any more surveillance than we already are. Your insistence on accusing anyone performing with some level of competency of "cheating" speaks more about yourself than the rest of the community.