I think a lot of the heat on Eureka is that they give players nothing else to do when it's dropped on them. If you lock relics and emotes behind Eureka, and give players nothing else new to do when you release it... they're going to do Eureka, whether they enjoy it or not, and it's often the latter.
It kind of traps us in a way, because in doing that, they're guaranteeing that there's numbers in there for them to use as a soapbox to stand on so they can preach that it's successful content people are enjoying. Because why would they be in there if they aren't enjoying it, right??