Shouldnt there be more outrage over the open qualifier format?

These are for both major and minor qualifiers, so they are a big deal. Yet there is only a single open qualifier, and it some cases 4 slots available.

That means you only see a quarter of the bracket, and we have seen in the past just how imbalanced different halves of an open qualifier bracket can be, never mind once you split it again. Teams complained about how unfair it was there there were 2 OQs with 2 slots each (you could be significantly better than all but 2 teams, and not make it through, seeing 2 sides you would beat every single time go through because they got a luckier draw. Now, thats gone down to being better than all but 1 team, and watching 3 worse teams all make it becuase they wont have to play you).

At a guess, were the open qualifiers reduced to accommodate midas mode? This seems like a really poor decision (that actively harms the competitive scene), and probably once again borne out of valves inability to communicate effectively. If there was another, legitimate decision for such a significant reduction in tournament quality, I would love to hear it.

Just so its clear for everyone, if you offer 4 open qualifier slots, clearly your goal is to have 4 teams go through by showing they are the best 4 teams in the tournament. This has been made impossible with the current format.