OP is correct, but that's just how the fanboys work. They always have an excuse for their idol, no matter how stupid it is. Luckily we got assraped so hard this year on Blizzcon that people started to wake up.
And that's a good thing. Not because i want to see Blizzard fail, but the opposite, because there is a tiny chance they will cut back the corporate bullshit if we resist.
But honestly i don't think it's possible. They grew to big and their stockholder overlords took control, there is no way back.
The only thing there is left for the fanboys is to realize, that instead idolizing the corporate called Blizzard we should idolizing its founders, the people who made it to what it is (was)