That's some next level conspiracy right there. Omg my eyes have been opened! Jesus take the wheel!
In all do honesty, it doesn't matter anymore. These same ppl and the mechanisms they use hardly affect how ppl gear/make gil/what have you because THEY PAY THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, I know many ppl that run scripts/bots/etc. A lot, even possibly all,are decent ppl.
Now I'm not saying that about ppl that dupe, no. What I am saying is that person who sells gil, has 9 dif accounts that they multi box all the time, well, they're the reason the game exists to some extent. They pay the fees (often times 3x-6x more then the average player)and in a form, supply a service for ppl who love THIS GAME enough to pour real money on it (buying gil) that they otherwise wouldn't be able to make in game cause they have HIGH PAYING CAREERS that don't allow them to play a ton of hours.
Its not the huge server populations of starry eyed kids that it once was. Its the population of dedicated players that grew up loving this game and a large amount of them are computer/programming experts that actually helped make this game what it is. There are various ppl that through reverse engineering actually made this game better and provided the Intel we ALL USE. Many of which should be getting a cheque from SE even
/rant off
Disclaimer: I am a completely (not even windower let alone gearswap)vanilla player. I found ways to work with what I had offered to me but can see the merits of all these ppls work.