You heard about alts? Have some alts used only for CMs. LFR gear is just as good as normal/heroic gear for CMs.
And not like I cba to find a pug with all my alts, usually only pug 12/12 with the occasional heroic on my main alt, sometimes on my secondary alt aswell.
Pugging is really a bitch nowadays with how degenerate the wow raiding population has become. People have degressed so much.
Also, the legendary quest chain. Stopped raiding all together in 5.2 on my main, waiting for 5.4
I have been slacking on the legendary chain so still on the runestone part, so do LFR every week for the legendary chain on my main, and of course for the legendary quest on like 2-6 alts depending on how I feel that week.
I mean, I understand your point. I would love to skip LFR, but fact is LFR remains the best effort-reward way to gear up. As long as that holds true, especially with the legendary quest chain this expansion, dont expect anything to change.