It seems to me that the League wants to broaden the market for equipment to support their advertisers so they all can all make more money.
You bet your bootie they do. Not only that, but the FCC lives and dies by numbers, even though the HF bands have little monetary value to other services that might want those frequencies. We're in little to no danger of losing the lower bands. 6 meters and up, however, is another story.
If Technicians want expanded privileges let them EARN them just like many of us had to do. The tests are easy enough nowadays what with the actual questions and answers available online at no cost. They have been ”dumbing down” ham radio licensing for years what with removing the Morse Code requirement, etc.
The code requirement has been obsolete for 40 years. Just because it still has plenty of users doesn't mean that it has to be a licensing requirement, any more than an elocution test would be for phone privileges.
My daughter got her General Class license at 12 and her Extra Class at 14. She is the first to admit that she doesn’t understand what it really means in practical terms. However she is a good test taker and has a sharp memory.
That's fantastic! Congratulations to her. Obviously she does have a serious interest in ham radio if she put forth the effort to get her Extra (She beats me out; I've been an Advanced for 48 years.

). Maybe she'll develop an interest in engineering, or even if she doesn't, she'll stay active just for fun.
Giving something for nothing in return generally results in the recipient placing little or no value on what they have received. Our amateur privileges have great value and should be earned in order to be appreciated.
As I said above, only our VHF-and-up privileges have monetary value to the Federal government and commercial spectrum users. The HF bands aren't worth much, since they can't be used for cellular or very-high-speed data services. That's what matters to the people that matter, and we need as many hams as possible.
I wouldn't make the tests any less difficult than they are now, though. In fact, the Extra probably should be toughened up a bit. Last mock test I took, it reminded me of the Advanced test I took in 1972.