Originally Posted by
Swiftshadow
In BC, pple "worked" for flying in the sense, they had to farm 5000 gold to learn it. That's all. It was available from the start if I'm not wrong, as long as you can afford it. 5k gold was considered expensive then. I personally farmed for 1 or 2 months to earn the gold. In Draenor and Legion, I had to wait months for flying because Blizzard gated it.
Judging from how Blizzard eventually gave it to us despite their own misgivings, I would probably say it's the right call, for both them and us the customers.
It is still after all, a business. While the customer isn't always right, providing what most customers want is decent business sense. =)