The couple of threads is to give you an idea of whats the community’s issue with, since it was noticeable enough to remember in recent memory.
There’s no genuine reason to dismiss it just because it’s “a couple of threads”.
Infact, here’s more links about it so the idea really sinks in what the GD experienced with back when 8.3 dropped.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-tokens-pay-to-win/474322
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/is-wow-pay2win-now/524883
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/pay-to-win-game/438419
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/83-pay-to-win-raiding/427697
If you can’t understand the idea at this point, i cannot help you any further.
I’m not a fan of Asmongold and to be honest, i wish could care less about the guy as well the people that mention him over and over again, but in my perspective, he seems to care about the game that he enjoys playing in and doesn’t want it to be just like the other games with microtransactions or want to cut it loose.