It is absurd as at no point in blizzard’s history did they gift an entirely different game to literally millions of players of another game, many (most perhaps?) that will find they actually hate the second game and leave in droves after having boated the individual server populations and leaving half full shells. But hey, since your opinion is that “has always happened” then here, here is another hot take:
(For those watching, I do not pick these at random. They are legit good videos. In fact Tina Dico is freaking awesome.)