There is a huge difference between the addon API which Osrs gold supports along with the"api" that is available through the runescape client.

Anything goes. It is all possible. This is why manual approval will likely always remain required, at least till Jagex invests a couple million into an addon frame.

Well said, even if the runescape'api' may be tightly locked down - they would soon run into precisely the same issue blizzard experiences. Lets say you want to prevent plugins hat auto-draw on the ground during boss battles, but the'draw x tile' API can also be used innocently - you can't simply remove the API callback without breaking, and let us say anual ground markers.

Blizzard have not ever banned addons, with the exclusion of some addons that were trying to conceal behind a subscription based cover wall. Short of anti-virus like code inside of the sport that finds forbidden origin code, theres nothing they can do except split the API.

back in WoTLK there was a boss mod addon named AVR (augmented virtual reality), it might draw the screen in real time to signify the radius of boss mechanics, where to stand,
where not to stand. It was an incredible feat of engineering but blizzard's only alternative was to cripple the minimap scope API it relied on - which is the reason why range checking addons in Buy Rs gold are scuffed for this day.