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It's an online ARPG, the campaign is basically just a tutorial, the real meat of the game is in the endgame. So yes, you're right that you can finish the campaign just fine without making any purchases, but that's not saying much. Also, the low drop rates will kick your butt throughout the campaign and forever after regardless of whether you make a purchase or not.
You get tens of hours of high-quality gameplay for free when you go through the campaign. How is that not saying much? I feel like it is not a bad deal at all. If you like the game when you probably need to drop some money to get most out of the experience. I think that's fine. Though it is a fine line where they are walking in terms of monetization through inventory management. Would be interesting to know how large portion of the income is from stash tabs etc vs cosmetics.
Many (most) people have not had fun playing the campaign in PoE 1. And we sure as hell hope GGG s doesn't listen to people who only play through the campaign and quit. Although they don't spend any money so it shouldn't be an issue.
I should play the campaign through again. Haven't played the game after the 10 acts became a thing so essentially I'm just a noob again. I've mostly read that people are sick of the campaign because they have already played it a billion times, and not that first timers are having a bad time.