... who are you talking to?
I ask this because you're replying to a post where, among the text you quoted was, "I don't resort to mods to 'fix' a game". It makes absolutely no sense to tell someone to do a thing in reply to a post where they specifically said that they don't do that thing.
That may seem like a minor point, but:
Again, I have no idea who you're talking to. A direct quote from the post you're replying to: "This change isn't a deal-breaker; it's just one more irritant to throw on the pile." I don't know if you're arguing with myself or some kind of gross caricature of my arguments that you have manufactured out of whole cloth.
At the very least, it would be a good idea to more carefully read the posts you're replying to before making such a reply.
I didn't use a mod, but I did eventually give up on getting it legit and just use a map editor to give his items to me. After a while, I did the same with Biome Keys, because seriously, who has time to deal with that nonsense?