It seems to prove to me that these people actually didn't like to "raid", and simply wanted to see content and get loot. If they could get the same thing solo, they would do it. So it's nothing about "raiding", and everything about "getting what raiding gave to the participants".
It's like playing a FPS, saying "I don't like to aim nor to avoid fire", and the designer implementing a mode with auto-aim and auto-dodge.
So now people who didn't liked the FPS gameplay find it fun. It still makes for a shitty FPS game, because it removed what the FPS was about.
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The same way the other people were never able to wrap their head about the concept of where the fun of overcoming a challenge comes from, and they prefer circle-jerking about "elitists" instead.
Somehow, being petty bonehead make them feel smarter.