Well there's a saying, "if you cant beat them, join them" :D
I can still remember that debate between you and some of @purepinay's followers in one of her posts. At that time I was still very new to the platform, and I also found it hard to decide whether upvote bots are bad or not.
But two thumbs up for you bro, at least you tried to prove that you can contribute much to this community first before resorting to upvote bots or upvote buying.