I have to say this last restrictions are really putting a damp on my time in the game.
I am mainly an RPer and been for a long time. I have stuck with the game since 1.0 and seen it's up and downs, but right is the first time I am really having troubles sticking with it.

There's a lot of initiatives that people start and maintain to group like minded players.
In my case is Roleplay, but I can't see those limitations hitting only one type of player.
Is really making difficult to enjoy the game and continue to meet the people I usually frequent and maybe even worse, is making harder for new people to mingle and for initiatives to gain track.

Not sure what technical benefits they are having using those restrictions, but on my side of things the only effect is playing less. Love the game but if it is 10 plus years I am sticking with it is for the people that play it making from hard to impossibile to interact with them isn't really incentiveing me to stick around anymore. So I hope they do something about it because otherwise start to be way less fun to play and continue to do so.