As I already said: the current changes will piss off many of the old players who were fine with crafting endless hours watching netflix.

Potential newcomers, however, were severely discouraged by this overly complicated system.
Even if a few old players leave, it doesn't matter.
Besides, we all know they won't leave anyway. No matter what they claim.

This proposed recipe change will likely result in an approximate ten-fold reduction in the demand for materials.
Only ten-fold? I thought it was thousand-fold. Or million-fold. And tomorrow, the world will end.