The reason I make bold liberated statements is because I live in a country that *has had* the right to do so. I want my children's children to have that right too. And I will keep on making them. I would have put that word 'predatory' micro transactions....but who am I to say?The fact you are half-surprised you could post this without any consequences speaks volumes about an internet as it is today...
In general, lack of viable competition on the market is a surefire way for disaster, one way or another. It makes publisher complacent to slowly start pushing out minimum viable products and getting away with increasint the price.