When all is said and done, I simply don't care enough to get that tied up in knots over this.
I'll grant you that you aren't tied up in knots like some of us are (I'm definitely knotted), but you have like 100 posts in this thread. I think you care a little more than you are admitting here
I know your points here are greatly exaggerated to make a point, but I'll try to address what I believe you're really getting at.
1. I will only be able to get FP+ reservations for popular attractions if I'm on the computer the second that they become available. And, even then, I may only be able to choose "B" level attractions.
That's not exactly it. What is more likely is that the "good" times are going to be gone. Late afternoon/evening times will be gone before anything else, leaving little to no slots to switch to if you really need to.
2. Because of the scarcity of FP+ for popular attractions, thousands of guests who would otherwise dribble into the park as the day goes along will swarm the gates at least an hour before the stated opening time to fight for standby spots at the top attractions.
No, but there is no doubt that the advantage of rope dropping will be diminished.
3. Even attractions without FPs will have waits of at least an hour because all of the people who couldn't get FP+ reservations for their favorite attractions will have nowhere else to go.
Not an hour, but rides that used to have little to no wait will be pushed to moderate. If it happens to 3 rides, you are looking at an extra hour of time in line per day. Or, the loss of an hour in the parks, however you want to look at it.
The thing is, all of these are little things that add up to be big changes. On the face of it, just one of these things in isolation isn't so bad. But we're looking at less of an advantage of rope dropping combined with increased wait times for attractions that had small wait times before. So, that, in effect, compresses the day. Add in to that there's less flexibility and opportunity to FP rides later in the day, and you're looking at a very different experience.
None of this is going to keep me from going on my planned trip in February, because I'm not expecting huge crowds, so hopefully, I wouldn't need FP+, anyway. But I am concerned about going at other times of the year, and I can especially see how it will impact those that don't travel at the absolute lowest crowd times. I feel very badly for them!