Squeal of Fortune – Extra Spins

The only negative effects you pointed out were the "removal" of competitive aspect, which isn't a universal negative as people don't all play this game to compete

And as I said before, the fairness of the game IS compromised when people are allowed to buy their way to the top. The fact that there are players who do not play to compete does not minimize the issue, and the fact that you do not play this way does not make it wrong that others do.

the fact that the game "stagnates" for a week, even though there have been off weeks throughout the entire existence of RS

When we have a no update week, it does not mean the Jagex developers have stopped working on updates. It means there is nothing ready to be released at that point. I am not concerned that we didn't get a good update this week, but that the effort was instead spent on this.

and the fact that Jagex is making money off this, which as a business is their purpose.

I never once said it was bad for Jagex to increase their revenue. I care little what they do to make money, so long as it does not compromise the game.

And I never said I didn't care at all about it (I've been playing for 8 years, though I don't see what length of playtime has to do with anything)

Maybe it wasn't necessary for me to quantify my investment in the game, but my point is that I've spent a heck of a lot of time and money on it and don't want to see it go downhill. If you say you also care about the game, I can only believe you're telling the truth, but that is not the impression you gave me.

I said the way I personally play this game is unaffected by someone buying a few SOF spins.

And you're entitled to that opinion, but so far that's pretty much your whole argument and it does nothing to diminish the concerns that I have, along with other players who are not happy with this update.

IF (and that's a big if) Jagex continues introducing larger microtransactions and bigger in-game advantages for money, then I'll start being worried

And by then it will be too late. And I have no doubt that is coming sooner rather than later. If Jagex sees that their customer base is basically willing to tolerate this, what makes you think they won't do it again?

but to be frank I just don't see why this update is the one to make everyone scream that RS is going to die, when people have said it about so many other larger updates before.

It's not about the scale of the update. It's a reversal of a principle that has governed Runescape for its entire existence. If

If you want to be frank, he disputed all of your points. And he made a genuine point on all of them.

I do want to be frank. Arguments to the tune of "this does not affect me" don't address any of the issues, they simply brush them aside. If a genuine point has been made, I missed it among all of his dismissive remarks.

Play time does not determine how much you care for a game

I'd say those with less play time care more, as things have not yet occurred to them yet, but regardless.

Which is it?

You can't make an assumption that developers do not care for a game based off of a genuine content update.

I made no such assumption. In fact, I think the developers themselves may be just as upset about this as many of the players, but ultimately they have to do what their boss tells them. It's not until you get to the top that you find the people who are running the show, and I still contend that those people don't care.

Let's not forget that six separate categories were released in order to gain spins, last I checked six > one.

Quality over quantity. The six have relatively little impact, while the one does all the damage.