Pixels or not, ata needs to make money to keep the game servers updated and running smoothly, to pay the other apes to keep riding the bikes that keeps the electricity on, to be able to have the option to even offer you all the FREE extra credits you're soooo willing to spend etc etc. *slow and deliberate eye roll*
Just like any other business.
No one is forcing you to spend money or to even continue to play the game.
You always have that choice.
So stop acting like you aren't going to acquire the battle pass for the content, because we all know you will either suck it up and spend the money, acquire the tradable version through bentos or wait til people finish it and trade for the misc items etc
It's hypocritical tbh, because you say "don't feed the ata greed machine" but you are still doing it, it's just someone else's money going into ata's bank account.
I'm not butthurt about it, I just think the irony is laughable.