Yup. WG has gone insane, hehe.
No clue what a substitute would be - in either case - a substitute would be forbidden by the Fair Play Policy, and won't see its way into the modpack.
Maybe WG will do the smart thing, and add it to the game... it's a bit crazy to forbid the easier autoaiming feature, when autoaim is already in the game... but then go ahead and allow seeing the enemy turret direction on the minimap... sigh. WG.