I get your point, but at the end of the day, for me, they are just games, entertainment, so I don't really care that much about it.
Everyone is different, so I'm not "blaming" you in any way. You do what you want with your money, and naturally I do what I want with mine.
But, do tell me: if you go to a restaurant, and the waiter insults you, disrespects you, and leaves you waiting for 2 hours for a meal, will you go back?
I know I wouldn't. Not with so many other alternatives around.
Again, this isn't directed at you, but I frequently notice that many people treat videogames almost like a product that causes addiction, in the sense that people act like they "need" a certain game, and they have to get it, no matter what.
Developers may pull all kinds of crap, engage in all kinds of anti-consumer practices, and everything you can think of, and you have people criticizing them, followed by "but, I really want to play this game".
Personally, I don't get it. I have been playing games for almost 40 years, I did a lot of crazy stuff with or for games (all-night game-playing sessions, queuing during a console or game launch, buying several copies of a game, because of some silly reason, and more), but I never had a problem skipping a game, even if it's a franchise I was previously crazy about.
It saddens me to see so many hard working people struggling, and then have jackasses like the guys from Coffee Stain Studios being rewarded in all fronts: they got money from THQ, they got money from Epic, they got sales at the EGS, they will get sales at Steam, and I'm almost betting that Valve will give them a nice big banner on the front of the Steam page when it launches, like they recently did with games like Hades, while plenty of other developers struggle to get sales, and visibility, on the store.
I hear people saying that what Epic is doing is wrong, because for the developers getting these deals it's almost like winning a lottery, while everyone else struggles.
You know what, it's indeed like winning the lottery. But it's not only Epic rewarding these select few, while ignoring most indie developers: gamers (many of these the same people that fiercely criticize Epic), and (indirectly) Valve, do so as well.