1) I personally LOVE having the option of dailies to grind instead of just wearing a tabbard and mindlessly running dungeons.
If I wish to grind solo I can, with no queues or anything. I've also been forced into meeting some new people again through grouping up for dailies, rather than just sitting in a city and spam dungeons.
Not only that, but the rewards that come from all these factions (mounts/pets etc) are much more motivation than just a dungeon gear grind to keep going with them.
If you don't like dailies, just don't do them all
You are limited with the amount of Valor you can ear a week for the rewards anyways, so work out what you need and how much you can get away with doing.