I think that I'm going to join you on the anti bid bot platform, but for a slightly different reason. I run the numbers and I keep getting results that I'm taking losses.
When I post the articles I get responses from members on how my numbers might not be correct or Im not using the right vote bots, or i'm voting at the wrong time, or............and it goes on and on and on. Seriously how much time effort and research should you have to put into something to get a reasonable profit? I know there is no finite number on that question but these continuous loops of information that gets the members more confused about how to actually turn steemit into a passive income stream is troublesome. "How do I make a profit" I have two ways that I know works and that is what I'm sticking with. I will not waste any more money on vote bots especially after a witness in that resides in the top 50 basically said that his bot was not giving out profitable upvotes.
The other ethical component about using upvote bots is not something that newbies to the site really understand until they get burned a little bit. I have been burned allot so far. Im waiting on a response from a fellow steemit member and then Im officially out of the vote bot business.