IT HAS always been the case that solo players are at a big disadvantage compared to organized groups. The game is way easier when you have reliable team-mates and coordinated groups to progress, help out with stuff, farm content and share loot. It always has been and always will be … and nobody is complaining about that.
The issue now is the magnitude of this gap. It was already huge, and now they made it so large that the game is heading to wards unplayability for puggers/casuals.
We’ll see what the game looks like without that style of player in the next few months, but they make up the majority of wow players … so it might have an impact.