What happens to all those Wavers that think Getting Links = SEO when that majority of the Google algo is devalued in various ways? Wavers built their fortunes on "links=seo". When that goes away, the Wavers have zero to hold on to.
All they can do - is complain. An entire generation of webmasters are forced to go back to SEO101 and learn what they ignored or never had the fortitude and passion to learn.