Any raider who needed boss mods to do their job in the first place was completely fucking retarded.
I never used boss mods, and nobody ever hurt because I failed to react to various boss abilities in my raids. The only people who complained were the other raiders who needed a crutch to keep track of fight mechanics while also maintaining optimal TPS/DPS/HPS.
Here's the thing, and it's so obvious I feel like I should be scanning a piece of construction paper with this whole post in either crayon or fingerpaint so you'll understand, but no one 'needs' PallyPower just like no one 'needs' boss mods. Not utilizing addons that allow you to focus your concentration and/or your effort better does not mean you are a rugged individualist who is ruggedly playing World of Warcraft from your rugged, isolated mountain shack while you grind rugged bear ass jerky between your rugged brown teeth. It means you are someone incapable of realizing that there is a finite amount of attention you can apply to the game and you can either channel that attention wisely or you can choose to feel superior to those people who rely on 'crutches'.
For my part, I run PallyPower because I occasionally
am one of only two Paladins in a 25-man raid, because clicking little boxes is easier than targetting players and buffing manually, because having centrally, obviously located timers on each of my buffs is very convenient, and because it makes mid-combat buffing—say, after a battle rez—a hell of a lot easier.
Having said all that, you might be right, and maybe I am retarded. After all, I am attempting to justify myself to someone who once thought Death Knights wanted spell power. If only there was an
addoncrutch that helped my self-esteem so I wouldn't feel so obligated to post things like this :(