I noticed that a very large ice mining fleet was being attack and they did not try to defend themselves. I put in local, bot fleet you are being attacked, about 2 minutes later a character said not bot playing from phone.
Maybe they lied to you. Maybe they are really botting but just dont want to get banned.
Either way, remote playing from your phone isnt a violation of the EULA, but I think its also very very difficult to do so, so may be that he is botting and simply told you he isnt because he doesnt want to be banned.
Strange, first people say bots always warping away when someone enters system and now got people saying bots aren’t doing anything when being attacked.
Maybe he was actually remote playing by phone, could be lag or issuing commands is difficult to do which made his fleet appear to not be defending itself.
There are expensive, well programmed Bots, and then there are stupid, cheaply designed Bots.
Its no more a mystery than finding someone who is a neurosurgeon, and another person who cant tie their shoelaces. Each person can be different, and many bots can be different too.