And since when did the votes affect the decision of the devs, I'm talking about the biggest community in this game, and unluckily, you're not and can never be a part of it.
You missed something very important: when can you use the GTL, remember?
--> even for newbies, they still have to grind a bit before they can unlock that. That's enough of a short duration for them to understand a bit about this game, whenever they are able to unlock the GTL, things speed up if this idea come into reality, and that's benefical for both sides
Even if you or whoever beats the game with 6 Magikarps or else, that would be a thousand years too soon to surprise me, so, there's no proud in that at all, point is, again, you are in no position to represent for other players, you don't like or don't need it, gud, go somewhere else and ignore this, 'cuz I'm helping those who are in need, not the likes of you.
Play time doesn't matter really, my playtime is like 600 hours and buying boxes of the things you mentioned above won't even flinch me a bit, it's a matter of "how", not "how long".