Finally caught up to the thread again since last year. Got recommended a #FixTF2 video (don't remember who that was) and I thought "huh, another one?" and went straight to this thread. TBH I quit playing TF2 sometime in 2018, long before the botting problem because it was slowly turning into some incoherent shit fest with all the crazy colored cosmetics destroying the game's aesthetic, with competitive fags shilling being a close second.
I'm gonna be honest, it'll be just like last time, absolutely fuck all was done. There is something within these movements that reminds me of slacktivism, that is to say a lot of things they've done do not address the core issues at hand. The bots are just one part among many other problems TF2 has that, quite frankly, if I was in Valve's shoe, I'd just put it on bare minimum life support and do nothing as it rots off. It's simply not worth it.
Valve of today is not the Valve of 2007 when they made TF2. Valve of today is DOTA2's The International, CSGO/CS2 tournaments, making shitload of money off Steam. If Deadlock leak is anything to go by, their creative minds are also fucked beyond repair. Innovations and creative ideas are no longer their primary goal, supplanted by making the most money with least effort as possible. I mean, look at the entire case economy of all their games: The skins are submitted by community members, got approved by Valve to add to the game regardless if it fits the game or not. The creators got only a tiny cut from all the key sales Valve made from it while Valve do absolutely nothing but cranking out new gacha cases, EA would fucking love to have that.