Third-party plugins might or might not help you play Final Fantasy XIV (ignoring what Square Enix feels on the topic), but some of them, like PlayerScope, can create trouble with the community. The story of the so-called "stalker plugin" (for what it did) has now ended based on a message from the developer on Discord.
This news will be music to the ears of all who don't want their data to go public in the first place. It's unclear what steps Square Enix might have added to the cease-and-desist letter, but it seems to have done its job. As of writing, the plugin has been completely shut down, and any version you might still find is certainly a clone and could also be malicious.
