Fuck that. Nothing inside a video game should ever cost money. That business model is inherently abusive. The push toward slimmer, gentler needles on the wallet-siphon does not change how games make you want things, as a necessary function of being games. Attaching a dollar value to that manufactured desire has no ethical form.

Getting “modestly” exploited is still exploitation. The game costs sixty fucking dollars. Any hand-wringing about ‘but how will they make money?’ is a vicious lie.