Lots of ad hominem attacks in here. Not sure why I am entering the fray.
I am bothered by top whales spending on SWGOH the obscene amounts of money they do. It does affect me because they are the ones driving the market. I would LOVE to spend money on this game. But whales are willing to accept a much lower ROI than I. They are willing to accept much lower standards from CG than I. But this is the most profitable route for CG, so I have no recourse.
And I have spent in the past when I thought CG did is a solid. When mods 2.0 came out (huge QOL stuff, iirc), I forked over some cash. When they let us set our arena payout time, I ponied up some dough.
I suppose I could be equally frustrated by the masses being unwilling to spend a modest amount to keep the game profitable, but I've never seen that experiment carried out.