I feel like Respawn stole my money!

I have two words for you: CHARGE RIFLE. It happened to me. Now it's happened to you. Eventually it will happen, in one form or another, to everyone who plays this game. There is and has only even been one solution to the problem. Do not ever spend money on a free to play game, at least not under the illusion that your money is buying you anything tangible, useful, or valuable. If you spend money in the store it's by way of making a donation to the dev for their otherwise free product. That's a reason to spend money in the store. Spending money in the store for any other reason is a mistake in every imaginable way.