Impact that removing Ladder Only content has

It’s not pointless though. lol.
Why do you guys think item gating is important?

LADDER CURRENTLY:
Rush to 99 (nobody cares)
Ladder Only Items
Fresh Economy every 3-4-5-6 months

NON-LADDER CURRENTLY:
Meow.
Ladder Only Items every 3-4-5-6 months
Stagnant economy that builds up with Ladder Only items over 2-3 years


NEW LADDER:
Rush to 99 (nobody cares)
You still have your items that were once ladder only.
You still have a fresh economy every 3-4-5-6 months

NEW NON-LADDER:
Meow
You can now find and make the things that you had to wait for every 3-4-5-6 months
You can now make MORE of the things that you had to wait to grab over 2-3 years

I’m failing to see why people are complaining.