Yes, I agree on the upvote part. It's pretty divided amongst the community now; some are against the bots, others are relying so much on it.
But if you ask me, it's better to have quality contents to fall back on, should bit bots be abolished one day.
100% agreed. I think the ones who don't like bots see pretty awful posts with big payouts... And that is annoying and not helpful for the reputation of the platform.