Solaurum, I’m actually on your side about a lot of what you’ve said here, but as far as Blizzard benefiting from bots, I don’t think that part is true at all.
You’re spot-on about people buying gold, about greed and GDKP, and whatnot. But you should consider a few things before you go assuming Blizzard dislikes bot accounts.
Blizzard banned and suspended thousands of fraud accounts last year and continues to do so now. They’ve made this clear in several blue posts in the past:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/what-botshacks-are-allowed/646098/3
Now, even if you think they’re lying about this, consider the fact that a paid subscription in Peru, for instance, costs somewhere around $2 USD. If someone is paying a far lower subscription but is working for a company making bank compared to those subscription numbers, Blizzard stands to lose out on that, not the people paying pennies for a subscription.
On top of that, you should also keep in mind that bots exist on Retail servers as well and they continue to sell gold to players at a prices lower than that of the WoW Token.
Think about that–the WoW Token can be used to buy a subscription, right? So, on retail, you can buy gold from a third party for less than a monthly subscription and then pay less than the standard amount to Blizzard for that subscription. And that money won’t go to Blizzard, it goes to whatever party you paid your money to for the gold.
Blizzard stands to lose money because of bots.
Like I said, I think you’re on the right track, Solaurum, but saying that Blizzard supports bots is just not realistic.