This is assuming the bots are allowed (or, at least not prevented in coming) in by the server admin and the bot is not obfuscated some how. If the bots are taking advantage of an expolit, or not being up front, then we have trouble.
IcePee
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I think the real solution is he wants money. If it was solely to reduce spam/bot activities, then there are other ways to do that. Maybe a Bitcoin-style proof of work scheme where evey post needs to show a hash of the message with a nonce. The difficulty needn't be that hard to make mass posting computaionally unfeasible.
In fact, Bitcoin appropriated this proposal to reduce email spam. It never took off with email as it was an open system and network effects and a catch 22 meant that it floundered. But X, née twitter is a closed off dictatorship. They could force it through edict.
I'm reminded what GabeN said: Piracy is an issue of service, not price.
I agree with him up to a point. As price gouging is a feature of modern day streaming.
One reason Steam became the defacto standard is because the insane Steam sales that Valve put on in the early days.
They kept their monopoly in the face of other stores giving away games mostly due to service, though.
While I'm no fan of the crippleware, I don't think this product from them would effect your average gamer. It looks to be focused on beta testers and reviewers.
But, knowing the human's facility for laziness, odds on it will filter into general release.
Was it an LTS release? 2016 is a long way to go without a major update for Ubuntu.
Maybe I'm just spoilt as I have a rolling distro.
Yeah and all relays in China are owned by the government. Besides TOR cannot put apps back in store. Hey, that rhymes!