As they say life is a constant change so is the trend.. LOL.. But hope its for the better..

We don't use Fantastico for our shared hosting. Installatron is cheaper and does the same thing. Some virtual clients do request it though so we only make the option of Fantastico available to them.

Seems like quite an old thread.

Still, Fantastico is great for shared hosting clients that don't know how to preform script installations by themselves.