I'm in agreement with what you've said here.
If people are free to build and/or use bid bots, then others should be free to not to use them. And if some want to know what others are spending when they're using the bid bots for visibility, or to better pay their curators, or whatever other reason people might have, then I think they should be able to do that, too.
That's how a system with very few rules works. It's actually how every system should work, but hey, I don't want to get to carried away here. :)
Yes I am just stating the obvious, and sadly felt it was necessary to do so
Well, no worries on my account. I know I pretty much restated what you said. I find what I think is obvious is not-so-obvious to others too many times, too, so as you say, it needs to be said. And often more than once, by more than one person, until people start realizing how obvious it is. :)