Do you seriously think that even 5% of the playerbase gives a single фекал about principles?
People are happy to support a Blizzard hosted legacy server. But we are perfectly happy to play on a private server if that is our only option
Also this idea that the promotion of private servers somehow hinders the possibility of legacy servers is completely bogus.
This is business 101. Where there is a demand, there is the opportunity to profit. The bigger Elysium gets, the more viable legacy servers become.