Not really bullshit, but not exactly how people portray it. Appealing to casuals and making things easy to obtain was true, but all driving towards your correct point about wanting the game to be an e-sport. Bungie did it so the barrier to entry in the crucible was super low, all gear could be obtained quickly so you too could jump into the latest and greatest twitch e-sport of Destiny 2 without delay. It was not done to make the game easy mode because casuals complained D1 was too hard. That’s a patently false straw man that people who just aren’t bright enough to see the big picture cling to.