I don't think any of it is done with bad intentions, it's more the path of least resistance in the short term similar how the governments print fiat money. Devs keep getting their paycheck and the whales don't seem to mind. It's the lower and mid-class players who get screwed over and are fully losing faith rightfully so.
Their entire model needs to be updated one way or another as the only direction this is all heading is disaster.
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