From what I have observed Osrs gold also seems much more grindy than it used to be, however this may be an unfair assumption as most content creators focus more on perfect accounts, pking and grinding instead of the stuff I used to do all of the time (clan wars, castle wars mainly).
In any event, if you're fresh, play Runescape - .Even though slaying, you can get things to train Herblore, Farming & Prayer, all pretty and they are like miniature quests in themselves. Now this will not make you happy because you don't enjoy the battle of Runescape, but this is quite fun and not in any way a grind.
It's always switching things up.I've gotten to par 94 within a couple of months as an ironman, and I am between 50-80 on every skill but the Buy Runescape gold only grinding I have done is when I am writing or watching a movie and I'd like to perform some of the menial tasks in the background. "And because you stated you didn't really read some of my good criticisms" You are the one not reading. I read your"great" criticisms, they were largely nonsense, but I did not want to thrust a very long response upon you earlier.
"The market is mainly broken, NPC stores are useless and inflation is an issue" This the one thing you state that makes sense, but everyone knows it. It is my problem with Runescape. I understand not everyone would like to do this, although it's why I play an Ironman.