I get your point dude. But honestly, i cant say i care much. See theres a problem many people face. And that problem is:

My point of view is the best one to see the solution most clearly.

Thats wrong, because mostly you only see the best solution for yourself and not for the other guy.

I use bots moderately in comparison to Paris here, though i use it excessively in relation to my organic upvotes. I think the ratio is around 1:50.
And im fine with that. I try to do my best to be original and work hard on my posts, pretty sure not many people write the stuff i do, but i am a guy thats positive that i will never gain any kind of support for my content to a level i could say im earning anything really.
So what do i do?

I move my hard work, i have done in the real world to the steem blockchain.

When no amount of hard work (for me at least) can gain me anything, nor do i expect it will in the long run, looking at what kind of content gets upvoted here organically, then i "import" my hard work in the form of $$$ from the real world to offset my limitations here..

Now you could say:

If you cant get upvotes organically then you shouldnt expect to earn anything. Write for fun or leave.

And to that i have to say: "Fuck that!"

If your content brings other people value and i cannot bring people value with my content, i will offer something else of value i have.
Money.
Money that is the result of me bringing value to someone else under different terms in the real world.
And you know what that means? That means i actually can bring value here. If those with money didnt bring value then bots would not exist.

People like you like to tell their success story: "Oh i worked hard, i worked my butt off, i did this, i upvoted this many times, i wrote this amount of comments....."
As if that gives them the some higher knowledge as to what will work better for everyone. What is the right path to take...

No..

The truth of the matter is that youre just looking at this from your point of view, caring above all that your rewards seem to be falling and you are frustrated because a long term bot critic cannot falter and start using bots!
In one hand you have your integrity and in the other you have "the smart thing to do".

Now what should a person think.

Be like @Nonameslefttouse and struggle, or be smart and use the tools in front of you?

What should a smart person do?

The truth of the matter is that not everyone can earn something here, most cant. What you are doing is spreading false hope based on your anecdotal evidence and personal experience.

Making claims backed by nothing. "If only bots went away, if only people wouldnt use them then we would all be better off".

No, you would be better off!

Id probably fade away and stop writing all together. Can i compete with someone with 20k SP thats been here for years? How about someone smarter or more talented then me? Of course i cant, what i can do is slap some cash on the table and push forward the best way i can. Augment my potential here....

At the end of the day it all boils down to one thing.

Everyone fighting to improve their position and the community deciding what is tolerated and what is not.

The jury is in Nonames.. And youve lost......

Maybe when SMTs come in the bots will be on the losing side.... for now it is like it is and no 1000 word comments will change that. You are barking at the moon.

And honestly... Trying to push the idea on others as to what they should value is kind of silly..

Have you ever considered that people just dont value your content as much as they value a few more dollars, and that makes you mad?
I know losing support feels bad, but maybe your content was overvalued "back in the day" and youre now where you should be realistically?
Are you humble enough to look at that possibility?

PS: Im not defending mister Paris here. I consider his content weak and practices "Jerry-like".