But WoW isn’t doing that. Selling a mount in a shop is hardly the same thing as what the F2P market is like.
People could, and did, finish the normal raid and get PF1 in the first month of the game. If they wanted flying they could simply stop playing until 8.2 came out.
The bulk of the timegating is standard lockouts we’ve had since day one and other mechanisms to facilitate the more casual play base.
Having to spend an extra minute on a WQ didn’t force anyone to resubscribe if they didn’t want to.