As I noted in the post, I'm not opposed to bots, in general. Also, they're basically unavoidable on a permissionless blockchain, so (IMO) the best we can do is try to figure out the best "division of labor" between bots and humans.

The thing that really puzzles me about today's bidbots is why competition doesn't seem to be forcing them to improve. It seems like we've been stuck on generation 1 for some years now.