From day 1 Blizzard has had the mind set that they DON’T want their players playing every hour of every day. That’s why they included rested XP, to reward players for taking breaks from WoW.
Time gating has also always been in WoW, it’s just a little more obvious now. Whether time gating is actually meant for our health or to prolong subs ![:man_shrugging:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/man_shrugging.png?v=6" ":man_shrugging:")