Tons of families use rider swap on a regular basis, and spend time separated from each other. It’s completely typical- and for the person who requires DAS, they’d be able to spend their time exactly as they do now, along with two other family members (unless they change it, rider swap has been for 3 people) while the rest of the party waits in the standby queue. Families with babies, kids who are afraid, or don’t meet height requirements spend many trips this way and it isn’t some ridiculous imposition. Whether intended or not, DAS-using guests have found themselves in a far superior situation regarding parks experience compared to the non-DAS guest.
Personally, it reminds me of the switch from FP+ to my post-pandemic park experiences. We are FP+ pros, were able to use all our experience and knowledge to leverage it to our best advantage, and never had to wait on a standby line longer than about 10 minutes. We went to the parks in the transitional, pre G+, standby only era, and that was great too. Once genie was implemented, our experience became much less enjoyable to us, who had learned to navigate the FP+ system in a way that seems VERY similar to how DAS users (and more importantly their extended parties) experience the parks now. I understand why those who currently have that experience (in a park where non DAS guests are increasingly disgruntled about their own experiences) are concerned -because their experience will be degraded- but we already experienced that same disappointment from degradation.
We changed our habit from going 2x a year (from NY) to every other year because it’s just not as enjoyable to us anymore. The new DAS guidelines may cause some people to make the same choice - but these new rules will also leave everyone with DAS in the same place they had been- just not their extended parties.
It appears that some guests got used to being “more equal” than others. Disney has gone above and beyond, creating a superior experience for those who qualify honestly as well as those who cheated it. This new system truly “levels the playing field” and allows those who need DAS equal access as opposed to superior access.