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[Naunet]

We got what we paid for.

I don't know about you, but I'm still paying and that $15 per month is not just me being generous. I'm paying for a service I expect to see continuously improved upon, not a one-time product purchase.

It makes the game look ugly, adds a huge amount of memory usage in populated areas, requires a lot of effort to implement...need I go on?

The first is your opinion, the second and third... well, I'd like to see proof. Even Dalaran and Orgrimmar at their busiest on a high pop server with chat bubbles turned on was never overrun by them. Any lag I experienced there was more because there were literally hundreds of people loading on my screen; the chat bubbles had absolute minimum impact. If a near ten-year-old game can do it, then one re-released in 2013 can as well.

unless you're in a location where transparency settings would help.

This describes pretty much the whole game world. I can't go an hour in game without developing horrible headaches from reading chat.