Meh.
To me it just means there were arguments for all sides on the dev team and what we see is what won out.
They know whatever they do will be polarizing but I’m sure a lot of it is based on the special nature of the MT as a solo, expansion(ish) long challenge coupled with being heavily advertised as going away.
I’m sure that a lot of players stayed subbed (payed) until the end of Legion to get as many as they could and to bring them back would be a bad look and open up a can of worms.