Let's run through all the ways in which Destiny 2 actively tries to screw its players over.
$60 with paid DLC, still has microtransactions.
Shaders are now consumables earned in lootboxes, rather than the permanent in-game rewards they were in the first game.
Purposely reduced the amount of XP players could earn for repeating in-game tasks, thus making grinding much more difficult, obviously for the purpose of selling more lootboxes.
Lied to players about the above XP reduction, letting them believe they were earning the normal amount of XP when they in fact weren't. This was only fixed once they got caught.
Once the DLC came out, previously available end-game content had its level requirements increased to over the level cap of the base game, making it inaccessible to players who hadn't bought the DLC. This was only fixed once they got caught.
During Christmas event, special themed lootboxes could not be earned through leveling, making it impossible to acquire all of the limited items without buying lootboxes.
This isn't just lootboxes, this is a publisher actively screwing over its players at every opportunity. This kind of behavior needs to be punished. However, let me make one thing clear: this is all happening because we let it.
Publishers are constantly trying to see how far they can go, how much they can get away with. When they say they need microtransactions because games cost too much to make, that's a lie. The truth is, they make more money than you can imagine, and they want more. It is never enough, and they will not stop. It started with cheap DLC like horse armor, remember when we were complaining about that? Then there was Day 1 DLC, on-disc DLC, pre-order DLC, pack-in DLC you could only get when buying the game new, season passes, cosmetics only microtransactions, randomized microtransactions, gameplay-altering microtransactions, manipulation tactics to push you toward microtransactions.
They are always finding new ways to screw us over, to limit our ownership of the products we buy, to get us to spend more. We will never hit a point where publishers stop and say "alright, we've got enough money, we can stop now." If you're one of the people who thinks "it was okay when it was just cosmetics," well, you're the reason this is happening. It was never okay, and the cosmetics only microtransactions were just one more step in a long line. We're here now because we didn't draw the line before.