I hear people's point that once you get far enough in the game then the struggle becomes less or not a problem. It is about perspectives.
Though I would argue that if you've been playing for a long time then you're facing that pinch one at a time. As in a new character is released and you've only gotta get enough for that 1 character opposed to the mountain of kryos newer players have to tackle. I get it's rarely going to be quite as simple as that but hopefully you get my point.
I suppose my original point is more that it seems silly that older characters are still hit with that pinch to get to gear 12.