Yes but it does make up a huge part of the game. The fact that you don’t raid or would rather do something else doesn’t take away from the fact that affliction is still amazing in them. You’re preaching to the choir here, friend. As an arcane mage, I understand what being ignored or given the shaft is like better than anyone. My spec has been the single most ignored one in the game over the past 5-6 years and when we do get attention, it’s usually a shocking rework of the class that doesn’t do much or a huge pvp nerf because someone figured out how to break something that should have been caught on the ptr. My alt is also a lock that I’d prefer to be affliction with.
But again, my point is that affliction at least was king of everything in Legion and is still top tier in all raids. Does it suck that you’re bad in pvp and dungeons? Certainly. But this is how Blizzard rolls for many classes, especially casters: overbuff then slam with the nerfhammer. I fully agree with it being utterly insane that classes get changed with no explanation and go from great at something to terrible. But at least your spec hasn’t been totally ignored for 3 expansions. At this point however, we’re going to have to hold out for 9.0.