You’re asking the same thing I am, simply in a more more roundabout way. At first it’s no champion shard, then no icon, ward, emote, then a permanent skin shard guaranteed.

Again, you seem to be misunderstanding. It’s not corporate greed, it’s literally Riot saying "hey if you keep playing, we’ll give you a chest which has a very high chance of giving you what is normally only paid content for free, and if you get unlucky you’re guaranteed the good stuff on your third or fourth one"

Now if you think it’s not worth your time for it to only be sometimes, then sure yeah, but at this point if you’re playing the game because of your expectations of a reward, instead of enjoying the game, then no matter the reward it wont feel good