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Bot's do lose out with the current change. There voting power diminishes quicker with the 5 Vote Target, compared to the 40 Votes Target that was in place before. The VP% they chose will have to be lower, or they will have to vote less. Both of these changes will result in losses

Yes, but each vote is now much stronger, even at lower VP, assigning more reward shares to the vote. I simulated it and very often it's higher even at a higher voting frequency. Also, hovering at 10% VP (for example) has the same effect as voting at 10% to keep VP full.