I’m thinking this is the case.
I tried coping and thinking the devs had no control over prices for instance, they’re just at the whims of corporate suits. It’s somewhat understandable to keep your mouth shut about practices you don’t agree with if opposing them costs you your job.
But the thing is… if you’re in that situation, I don’t think you have to advocate and imply the tactics are justified. I know this isn’t an Aaron example but AndyB said this in the November shop update
The “we” leads me to believe that they find these prices agreeable to downright good when we all know they’re some super steep prices based on the value you’re getting.
This is the only statement they’ve made on what they feel on prices so I’ll focus on it until (or if) they make another…