How far should they take this though? /click was a legitimate function for real players’ gameplay.
If we follow your logical endpoint then, all in the name of ‘eliminating automation’, they’d go so far as to disable /target functionality also, requiring everyone to manually select targets by clicking them with their cursor…
Some automated functions are rational parts of the gameplay to remove tedium and redundancy.
If removing automation goes too far then the game starts just turning into a playable reCaptcha test: “Select all squares containing bicycles…”