Why should people be handed relic weapons now when I had to work for mine back in 2.0?

"Omg you get gear but don't have to work as hard as me!" So uh... work smarter not harder? If you are doing raid content because you want gear and not because you like the challenge then you are certainly doing it wrong. Especially when you know you will get gear that is as good 3 to 6 months later.