I’m not counting on EA to be ethical.

If I can fully play the game - all areas, skateable features, tricks - without involvement in MTX, I will be both satisfied and surprised.

I would rather pay $60 to own and be able to fully play the game. However, my response came from my perception of surprise and doom-and-gloom by the community when we already knew it would be free-to-play.

The game is free to play. If cosmetics are the only micro transaction, that’s actually good.