I remember 100k nix and kylins, 300k drags before adding enchantments to equips became available and the the trade for mets quest, now it drove gem prices higher. Because of the flood of gems in market, the gems are actually selling for GOOD prices, you can actually afford them now, how is that bad?
Btw, before COToBo, there were a lot of people who could mine as much as bots did, without bots or droppers, they'd just sit in the mine and talk with people, and kill PK'rs.
All COToBo did was allow a few dozen more people to mine just as much without wasting their life away at the keyboard. You still have the same chances of mining as anyone else, in fact, I haven't heard of super gems flooding the market, or even having refineds out your ears, all I see is a flood of normal quality gems, that people are using to embue their equipment, which to me, is totally fine.
btw, I make about 10-20m a week now because of COToBo, and my sales haven't slowed, I just price my items to market standards, and leave my stall to sell.
If your wondering, yes, I turned to COToBo after some ass hacked my stall.