When I bought TBC and went over there with my main, it auto disbanded my guild, kicked 100% of everybody out of it without me doing it, and then for every toon that I wanted to play in the new expansionI had to PAY to copy them over. Every single toon that I wanted to play… I had to pay to play my own toons that I already leveled. What if you had to do that with every toon you had when you bought Shadowlands? You just bought SL and began playing. And now for SOM they are saying that your toons can transfer over after SOM is finished as it will be closed after a 12 month period with no second chance at it ever again. People are already asking for a SOM 2. But too bad for them. This is the last time EVER that Classic will launch and if you miss it this time you will never ever get another chance as SOM shuts down after the 12 months and you can move your toons over from SOM for a fee per toon. $15 per toon. So if you had 10 toons you need to pay 150 to play them all.
And Blizzard made it to where people with TBC and Classic are unable to interact with one another. You have zero communication with any of your friends if they did not buy the new expac in time and also did not pay $15 per toon to unlock each and every toon that they wanted to play. You really do have to pay a fee to play your own toons. And it is toon per toon. Not one pays for all. Every single alt that you have is LOCKED until you pick an expansion and then pay to move it forward. Either way you end up guildess so no point in trying to reconnect with all of your friends and they are all removed from your friends list as well as soon as you move over.