At the point where you reach the stage you need to start worrying about stash space in Path of Exile you are going to be many, many hours into the game. And onc

At the point where you reach the stage you need to start worrying about stash space in Path of Exile you are going to be many, many hours into the game. And once you purchase the enhanced storage space it is a permanent addition to your account. Personally I don't mind this form of monetization. As far as predatory strategies goes it is on the low end. I played Genshin Impact earlier this year I was enjoying the game until it sank in just how predatory the whole thing felt - they had timegates baked into the game to encourage you to spend money - there was a limit to how much of the in-game currency you could earn each day (it was also a very low maximum cap). You needed to spend this currency to level up items and characters etc so it placed a deliberate block on how quickly you could progress and of course you could spend money to bypass this block. Not only that but because of how little of the currency you could carry it created a massive FOMO loop where you needed to be logging in everyday to spend your allotted quota ro you would miss out on making progress on your account.