u/Broad_Safe8247

Hi guys, as the title says I just got iPoGo two days ago for the purpose of doing landlocked raids. I did about 20 Nihilego raids in New Zealand (great location) to test it out, but then I messed up.
You see, I told myself I wouldn't use it to just catch any Pokemon I wanted because that would be greedy and make the game less fun. BUT THEN I saw a hundo absol on the feed and I really wanted it.
I forgot that the two hour cooldown applied after you had just caught a Pokemon or done something, and I fed the absol a berry before the cooldown ended, effectively soft banning me and landing me a strike.
Is it safe to still use iPoGo with my strike if I respect the cooldown? Will the strike eventually go away?
And do you guys think iTools is worth it to avoid losing my account?