These discussions seem to never go anywhere because casuals have a disgustingly bitter attitude towards raiders even though we play the same game.
Your problems aren’t even on the same level. LFR is your tourist mode, and it takes about an hour to complete. Doing normal mode dungeons ONE time to complete the story isn’t comparable to having to grind weeks and weeks of world quests and island expeditions on EVERY character I want to push content with.
You have an alternative option for gear, we don’t have an alternative option for AP and essences. Blizzard went about this the wrong way. Nobody should have to do content that they don’t enjoy.