I struggle to believe there are many "new players" as in that have started since Asura closed. I did see what seems like a relatively new player accidentally casually talk in party chat about buying gil the other day though, like it's normal. It was something like "I haven't spent any money on gil yet this month" "I spend $300 last month"
Also your entire post supports what I said, which apparently is dumb, except it is fact as you have outlined.