and yet non combat addons are still in play and wontgo away for the foreseeable future.
unless all addons are gone, this game will never be ported to console.
on the contrary, they do have a reason to simplify the game and streamline it. same reason why they did it in wod
to much buttons, specs got to complicated, the defensive and utility arms race got to intense and uncontrolable to the point that every rework to any spec gave said spec 3 aoe stops, 456873 defensives, a raid buff, or something else egregious.
combat weakauras also went to far with multiple bosses being made with weakauras in mind. the most recent being fractlius
theres plenty of legit reason to streamline things that dont involve “porting to console”