When windower first started becoming popular, it was very taboo to talk about. Yes, it is only affecting you, and you arent infringing on other people's ffxi experience, but nonetheless, it was still against the ToS. Anyone posting on a forum about it was ripped apart by most of the community (granted i was still frequenting lolalla at the time). Now it is mainstream, if you dont use it, chances are you are on ps2. And even people who choose not to, you still know everyone does, and its widely accepted.
I am starting to see the same attitude towards botting. Anytime anyone comes up with proof of someone else botting it is met with replies of "so who cares? everyone bots." But more or less it is still taboo, if people are proved botting, its nice for a good laugh, but most people dont care. And no, im not naive enough to think that every linkshell doesnt have a few rogue bots here and there, but some linkshells are so open about it and its so widely used that its sickening. Bragging on forums how great their bots are, how they never miss claim etc... The more accepted it is, the more people are going to use them. The more people who use them will grow exponentially because people have to try to keep an advantage.
So like the subject says... How long before bots are so widely used that proving someone botting will be as laughable as proving they use windower?