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I'm actually not making any of those arguments and disagree with all of them myself. My issue with mtx is generally that they prey on people with psychological tactics that are proven to work on a lot of (generally vulnerable and younger) people. Helldivers does none of that, it's not "least pressured to buy stuff", you're not pressured at all.
And I know I'm being a little sensitive here but it really sucks to lose someone from cancer and see someone comparing it to a shop in a video game of all things.
You know what, that's fair. I'm sorry for the comparison and will try to not use it again.
As for the least pressured thing, that's just from the title of the original article.
I appreciate the consideration and at the end of the day I really agree with you and it sucks to see the state of the industry as a whole right now and really hope we can get back to being respected as consumers some day.