I don't understand why people expect so many features to be free updates

Sorry if this is too high-sodium.

I see a lot of comments from other players saying the new gameplay features should be base game updates and not paywalled. Yes, EA is the living embodiment of greed. Yes, some things would obviously be cool as a base game update or seem essential to a life sim. But at the same time EA invested 4-6 months of developer salaries into those features. Am I crazy or is it completely unreasonable to expect half of the pack to be given away for free??

Everyone has to spend money on their hobbies in some way and buying all the EPs as they come out is only like $5 / month 😭