The point is under the free to play model they have no reason to ever stop manipulating, pandering, and generally trying to sell you on more stuff. I can't stand that sort of thing when I'm playing a game.
When people get addicted to normal games its totally fine (some people even use it as a badge of honour) but when it is a F2P game they become gullible.
If I get addicted to a normal game, I'm not constantly shelling out money. And I'm certainly not shelling out money on silly things like hats or better weapons. Even if you consider gaming as a whole an addiction I'm at least buying games on my terms, not playing on the companies terms. I don't consider buying games to be on the same scale as buying hats or experience boosters or powerful weapons. A game is great thing! Paying for a virtual hat in a game is sketchy.
purchasing "silly things" is purely a matter opinion. Most hobbies have you shelling out money constantly (hobbies can be expensive!).
My main argument was against that ridiculous post and the viewpoint that F2P games are somehow an invalid source of entertainment, and/or that the people who play them are gullible *insert strawman from that post*, and that the companies who make them are just after your money (which A: Applies to basically every company outside of F2P games, and B: DURRRRRRRRR).
Its totally fine not to like F2P games, hell I don't like them. That does not mean that most people who play F2P games are anything like that post made them out to be. That post mostly just emotionally charges anyone who agrees that F2P games suck.
As someone who has played F2P games in the past (not all of them suck, just most of them
), I do not feel even slightly "educated" by his post.
I'm at least buying games on my terms, not playing on the companies terms
This is legally false, you are not buying a game, you are purchasing a licence for the game fully under the terms of the company. Any game you own on Steam can be taken away from you without an explanation. That was their terms not yours.
I'm talking about people starving their children to death while playing.
These are tragic but extreme cases.
People who quit their job, or starve their children to death to play
any game have a very serious problem. The game may also unfairly manipulate the players. However, he was not "onto" this at all, he just raged against F2P games and offended F2P gamers with all sorts of nasty verbal abuse.