I'm failing to see how this can be negative. At all.

A good player will do as they always do and take in information from all sources and base their action on their own best judgement from all these sources. AoE circles or not.

A learning player will at least be able to perform a little bit better by having AoE circles.

So...for good players, it means absolutely nothing. For learning players, it's a bit of help. For bad player who know they are bad, it's a glowing circle of mockery that says "You need this" and causes them to complain.