I don't think bid-bots are a problem and are more a symptom of the way the platform functions.
The two are not mutually exclusive, especially if you don't think the system functions properly, or even perfectly.
There are many issues with bid-bots. The two largest ones are that:
They are parasitic - They don't actually add anything to the blockchain.
They are "reward pool rape," because the bid-bot owners basically earn money, while giving more of a share to someone, at no real cost to themselves. So it's basically reward just being taken out of the pool for no real reason.
Having an opinion and stating it in a numerical list doesn't make it a fact. People throw money away for all sorts of reasons, who is supposed to tell them they can't throw it away on a bid bot and hope to get lucky gaming the system? The moral majority? Fuck that. As far as reward pool rape goes, the SP that is leased to these bid bots could just as easily be used to self vote. No difference. The term reward pool rape is kind of a joke in and of itself. If someone goes out and buys a million dollars worth of STEEM they can use their stake however they want. The system is delegated proof of stake. No one is telling Bitcoin miners they have to use their mined coins in a certain way. Why is proof of stake different? Because we want it to be? That's entitlement.