I think if you got some experience in the industries this serves then you'd reconsider your opinion
i don't see how improving the source could detriment anyone. The rest is just relationship details. The decent part about relationship details is imprisonment.
As nawgz said, the applications they are automating are often closed-source binary blobs. They can't enable scripting without some kind of RPA or AI agent.
Correct. In the RPA world, if there's an API available, or even a sqlite server you can tap into, you absolutely should go directly to the source. Emulating human mouse and keyboard is an absolute last resort for getting data across the application boundary, for when those direct apis are unavailable.