Seems to me that if wgt wants "more realistic" play, and one of the ways is to make shots from rough around greens more difficult, then fair play demands that they also make bunker play more realistic.
In many cases real tour players prefer to land in greenside bunkers rather than greenside rough because they can impart more backspin and control to the bunker shots...but that's not the case here...as already noted, wgt bunkers don't play at all like real ones.
I'm okay with making the rough more difficult as long as bunker play is made more realistic as well.
Having said that, I haven't tried out the new rough parameters yet, but from what I'm reading wgt has gone way overboard and needs to dial it back a bit.