It is not really my place to form an official opinion about this but here is my personal one
You are right about the „follow the GM” feeling, lack of RP on events, simply too many interaction attempts to follow and that some might expect more than fun time from events IMHO. Now, I understand GMs won’t stop or drastically change that style due to its popularity / simplicity and also they can’t do much about certain aspects only try and aim for a certain balance. Meanwhile players+GMs could try shifting towards player initiated plots / events. I for one am open to involving my guard character or any other blue-named for a certain scene plot until we can maintain settings integrity.