WELL...yes.
But come on, OP, you signed up for a game that was free to play unless you buy skins that cost the price of a whole video game each, what do you expect?
Now, as mentioned, yeah, sure they care about the game. What you have to realize (and is legitimate to complain about but still understand) is that as a product, this one is MONEY FIRST, or it would not have been released in a freemium format. Freemium is a bait and in the end, is designed to ratchet more money out of gamers net, even if a few don't pay that much or nothing to play. It wouldn't be that business model otherwise. Game companies who do not have as big an agenda (but still have an agenda) for $$$ do not release in a freemium format.
Second, it isn't that they don't care, it is that they make bad decisions. Right now, frankly, Apex and Respawn seem smitten with the tiny percentage of esports fans, Pro team members and streamers, than they do the greater community that plays their game, i.e. regular people. Many companies have made this mistake in the past, and I doubt it will go away anytime soon completely. But you should know this by now too. No, you don't get to play games like the ones they do in ALGS, meaning no, you don't get to have games that are that much fun even if you and your mates don't have the same skill level. You get to suffer, particularly if you don't queue with a full team, with a much more garbage result in the game.
The real question is do you think it is worth it for you, and if not, it is quite evident that Respawn takes too long to change, even when they do for the better. I'd move on, or do what I do, which is play a lot less. I only play when it's fun, I've ditched Ranked completely because it sucks now, and I'm not suffering over Respawn's terrible decisions. If they want me to be different, then you know, they should change their game for the better, but I owe them nothing.
You're the consumer, you should make decisions appropriate to that and uh, this game is far from the only BR game out there, let alone the only game that (was) super fun.
No matter what we do or don't think, microtransaction whales are largely gonna carry this product. Voting with money is usually negated by them. Sure, the court of public opinion is still valuable, but unless the game is breaking enough to stop whales and the people who are in the top 50% of active spend, I don't expect much roadmap/development deviation.
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