It’s actually the opposite. In SL, we complained about the hard time gates. The devs wanted the story and renown rolled out at a particular pace, and we hated being blocked and scheduled. We asked over and over again in many ways on this forum for a removal of hard time gates. We asked for the freedom to do the renown grinds at our own pace and without being penalized for missing a day of gameplay.
They’ve given us that. We’re not meant to be no-lifing the renown grind. We are given the option and the freedom to grind it if we want to, but we’re not meant to, and we’re certainly not being “made” to.