Yeah I drop on by every now and then to see if the game shows any signs of new life. I'm regularly let down. I don't know why you are taking this so personal, except that you must feel like the exact person I described.
I've contributed to the thread. I've voiced my disappointment in both the development team, and in the low non-existent expectations of the community and their steadfast resistance to encourage anything new or daring.
Keep on white knighting for the people ripping you off, it's not pathetic or anything so at least you have your dignity intact.
Your asinine comments aside, what exactly are you expecting? They literally announced FFXI would receive no more major updates all the way back in 2015. That was 7 years ago. Despite that, we've received plenty of meaningful and substantial updates, including battle content, job updates, quests, ect. No expansions, sure. But we're getting a new storyline right now that is free and is equal in scope narratively at least to one of the paid add-on scenarios if not more. The devs are on record saying an expansion is off the table, likely for reasons they have no control over.
The community has "low expectations" because we've literally been told the updates would be more humble in nature. It's no one's fault but your own that you're living in a fantasy world. Move on dude.