I do not blame people for not wanting to play it, you have to do so much for the team to create space, and have to be one of the first to swap off if your being countered, because if your useless your team will lose, full stop.
Meaning, you really can’t just play who you want to play most of the time, the decision on who you can play is dictated by the enemy team.
I don’t know how it can get better without weakening the power of counter picking, but man its a drain.
Some neutral mechanism to serve the original 2nd tank role might be needed for everyone, including the main tank.
Something like neutral covers which we already can rely on now, but more than that. The tank role should still be there to “help” create space but no longer 100% to be relied on.
The pressure on one single tank is no joke now, definitely not only being doubled.