This seems to be an extension of woke ideologies. I won't soon forget when self proclaimed TTRPG fans on Twitter decided to take a comment by Wizards of the Coast about Orcs having violent tendencies and immediately saying "This is what WotC thinks of black people!" With the irony of their statement of comparing black people to Orcs completely lost on them.
Really, I think this is an inversion of the "Humanocentric" idea that D&D originally had. In that "This creature has traits that seem human, thus it must be identical to a human in every way!". Thing is, that's not correct, and one need look no further than Travis the Chimp for a real life example. There's nothing wrong with Orcs being a bunch of bloodthirsty raiders who raze villages to the ground like the Mongols or Vikings and having the vast, VAST majority be like that. It creates conflict, and it makes exceptions to the rule more special. There's a reason Drizzt was so popular back when he first came out.
Don't really think this will change things, because combat is fun. It's just going to ruin certain RPGs and thus create less competition for the really good ones.