Safe to assume Riot Games finds ranged top the best and only option for the lane now?

I never got to ask a Rioter named Novalas when we played last week this when I could have because it didn't cross my mind at that time. I've been suffering for a long time against the cancer of ranged top that has all but eradicated most melee champions from the pool, but I've honestly just been patient and used unconventional tactics to blow many of these retarded autists out of the water. That or I just lose badly depending on how dedicated that miserable shithead is to the champion (and not just using it as thoughtless leverage) and move on.

But I've been observing and testing pre-season changes up to the most recent and have simply concluded maybe my time is up. They're severely stripping down all defensive options against champions that can freely AA and impeding the prospect of using teleport to contribute by forcing cooldown reduction into a tree no melee will ever opt for. All the while, they are dramatically buffing champions for simply auto attacking you at a distance through constant benefits for just doing so.

I'm not really going to whine since it's so futile, but what I really want to get an answer out of is if this is simply what Riot sees as the best for the lane and what they encourage as healthy.

For insight reference, I was a D1 player in S6 that has been suffering between D3 and D4 this season most.