Why is EA/Respawn the bad guy for loot boxes?

Well you are just showing that you don´t understand the problem here... I don´t even have to read your whole post as people like you always have the same arguments all over again.

Long story short. We as customers should not be kissing their foot because they are doing what should be standard behaviour. Of course I´m grateful for apex business model not being p2w so I can play it. But to be honest lootboxes (slot machines) are still cancer in any way and finally legal protection is arising againts this thing. Don´t even let me started on p2w games -  from my point of view these are just trash straight away and nobody should play/support them - period. Don´t be so overprotective. Big corporate like EA have an enormous amount of money (hello Patrick Soderlund $20 mil. bonus). I miss the old days when you just bought the full game and then some expansion packs (BF2), I would like that back. I literally want to pay for the full game. Perhaps I´m just a guy who like to know what he buys. "F2P" model is probably the worst that could happen to gaming industry from the view of old school gamers.

Final note - I´m failing to understand, why any customer in the world would defend shady (or just disadvantageous) practices of corporations this size like EA is. Quite the reverse, we should stand together and defend us against these predatory business models as customers, and push for better services, since we are the weaker party in this relationship. I just don´t like when someone makes a victim from huge companies. I hope I did not offend you. To be absolutely clear, I don´t hate on apex legends - it is great game. It is just lootboxes which aren´t.

I apologise for any mistakes in my English.