Another follow up...
Funny how after I post this the very next ban day we have a GSLT issue with our token provider. Apparently Valve preemptively banned 5 accounts made for creating tokens for distribution. That means now, 1 year and 5 months after GSLT bans started happening, they are now taking it a tiny step forward, albeit it is a noticeable, and possibly important step. I'm interested in seeing how this develops and how this may affect us in the future.
To clarify - if Valve made a way so no one could use !ws/!knife/etc I would be 100% supportive. But as long as others are able to circumvent the system and 1up everybody else, I'm going to keep us up there as well.