Friend, I can't understand it that way.
If it gives me more options and removes a limitation, it's clear to me that it's making it easier.
And as for the argument "you don't have to use this new training process": it doesn't seem logical to me to give up something that would make training so much easier for players. If the rules of the game change, play by the rules, right?
But I personally would be very disappointed and possibly leave the game. I must be an isolated case but I honestly think that the training schedule is the biggest challenge and the charm of this game.