As I said, it's basically impossible to prevent the map app without preventing all log reading, and even if you wanted to do that you'd have to write a whole parallel "anti-cheat" program to enforce it. So, before banning every classic log-reading app and wasting a ton of dev time, let's consider what we'd get for it.
The personal location feature of this app is, at the least, very similar to existing classic functionality/technology (ie. printed map/2nd monitor + finger).
The "knowing exactly where your allies are" part isn't classic ... but neither is Teamspeak (Teamspeak-like programs did exist, but weren't common as few people had the bandwidth to run them and EQ simultaneously). Teamspeak offers similar functionality to the "allies location" feature; admittedly it's less precise, but it doesn't require a second monitor/window so it's superior in that sense.
So, do you really want to ban all log-readers, and waste a ton of developer time, just to prevent slightly-better-than-finger-plus-map location display and slightly-better-than-teamspeak location sharing?
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