Yasuo Passive and couterplay

I just want an honest statement about Yasuo's passive. Riot, you all claim and alter the game heavily around the lack of counterplay with certain champion abilities and whatnot. But as far as I can tell, nothing has been said or clarified whatsoever about Yasuo's passive and the extreme lack of counterplay involved in it. It looks overall like you want nothing more than to avoid discussing it completely. I'm not talking about his kit or apparent weaknesses, but the fact that he is still one of the most played champs regardless of all other circumstances evoke a certain amount of curiosity as to why you elicited such a champ to have a non-counterplay passive in the first place compared to all the other balance change reasoning talked about regarding counterplay. Its extremely hypocritical. I just want any kind of reasoning by a legit Riot post. If Riot was not required to balance around rediculous passives and effects like Yasuo, it would be much healthier for the game in general.