I personally have no problem with bots filling some empty slots. If 2042 is as successful as they plan, and as a lot of us want, then bots won't be taking up many slots because they'll already be populated. Especially with cross platform play, etc.
I think it's funny that years ago so many people were upset with improper balance, lack of players, etc. At those times players also asked for better matchmaking (which isn't possible without more players), so bots were added to fix the issue. While bots were never perfect, they helped to a degree and for the most part people were content. Of course, some games did it better than others, but that's neither here nor there.
Now, here we are, where people are beginning to grow upset about the addition of bots, lmao.
I saw people legit getting salty regarding bots popping up in Chivalry 2's FFA, which made no sense to me. FFA = kill everything, more bodies = more potential kills.
But then I remember that there are people that care TOO much about KDA, them being on top of the scoreboard, their team winning, etc. Meanwhile, I just want to play and have a good time. Respect to those that care, but the ones that get so damn tilted over it need to chill. Not like they're in or going into esports or anything, lol.