I farmed some AVs in Classic wow and Weakauras were required there to help queue as raid.
I was fine with that but now in 8.3 I have noticed WA is spreading into retail too, even Islands groups require WA to know how many mobs have you pulled already.
AV farmers require WA and since so many watch AV streams, WA addon is starting to spread into retail too. I don't want to use WA for everything.