What's always been baffling to me about the parser issue is ...
... if they do not want parsing, why are the numbers there at all?

It's like saying -- We know people want to know their damage output, but god damn it you will have to read through an entire log of garbage to find it.
If they don't want parsing, they simply don't need an actual combat log from which you can parse. It serves no other purpose.
People can still see their big numbers pop up on the screen to give them little boosts of endorphin. They just don't have them in log format.

It's a serious conundrum.