You don’t think that 10% was sufficient sample size?
What % of retail accounts do you imagine asked for the early AV version they were gifted?
This thread has well over 1300 likes of the OP. In contrast the AV announcement thread “Alterac Valley in Classic” has a grand total of 133, and is arguably the worst pushback of any classic decision blizzard has made. Are you really prepared to suggest that only those most vocal are expressing themselves and are the minority?
Do you imagine it magically contrasts what we are seeing in the forum?
Nobody buys that at this point. If you had stated “least amount of effort” you may have a valid insight. However in light of the actual work and testing they put into the 15th anniversary representation of early AV, not so much.
They were willing and able to do the effort required to create a proper AV version that best represented vanilla AV. They were simply unwilling to give it to those who actually asked for it.
There is that “most popular” thing yet again.
For the bazillionth time:
Participation is not a proper measurement of quality or enjoyment.