Yes the GB even addressed this longhairgal, when they sarcastically said “but that’s not fair”!
They never gave any reprieve to those hardliners who did the JW heavy for decades even lifetimes.
Now the JWLITE means no ministry required, lightening up on everything. You can have a beard you can stay on zoom when you feel like plus an often overlooked element to JWLITE is the control of morality aspect.
These days requirements for entertainment and leisure activities are far different from decades past. Some digital nomads are never at their congregations where their record cards are but are constantly travelling. This would have been frowned upon before JWLITE.