EDIT: I'll put my thoughts back in.
There seems to be a lynch mob mentality that WDW is evil, only wants money, etc... I don't buy into it. YMMV, but just like you, I can think what I want. My feelings are:
As others who have gone or go to WDW often have said, this is NOT normal, far from it. So I'm not going to cast this blanket over all WDW all the time. It's simply not how it normally goes.
Nobody here knows why the rides are down. No clue. In this thread and others, there have been CMs or former CMs who say repeatedly that 80% or more of ride closures are guest related. That's consistent with what I've heard from CMs I know. What if a lot of this truly is guest related?? Should WDW come out and publicly blame their guests?
For argument sake, let's say it is mechanical... Even then we don't know why. If it's mechanical due to simple budget cuts and lack of routine and proper maintenance, then absolutely...shame on them. What if it's unforeseen failure? The Toyota Camry is the most reliable car on the planet. Even well maintained, it can break. It's a machine. WDW rides are pretty complex, very complex. We don't know what the problem is, mechanical, guest, a combination, so I'm not going to jump to conclusions.
If it's a guest issue, obviously WDW isn't going to blame their paying customers publicly. If it's mechanical, again, we don't know for sure what the source of that is. Everyone here, myself included, would simply be guessing. What's the solution? Again, we'd be guessing. Intentionally having a "slow season", shorter hours for more maintenance time, closing rides for long times for full overhauls, etc...all have very clear downsides which are griped about here often. As a poster here said, it's a bit of a Catch 22 for them. I'm confident they have some very smart people working at very high levels, and maybe I'm alone, but I have faith that they aren't sitting in the high corner office with a cigar and laughing evilly like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons as guests get turned away from rides. YMMV.