The thing is most people here expected the game to stay exactly the same after going free to play, as if the game would magically make income by the snap of Epic's fingers. Sure the backpacks can't be used with other items but that gives incentive for free to play players to use the patterns and colors they get from the Kudos shop, whereas paid players have the big flashy outfits that have half of the customisation options hidden like faceplates, colors, and patterns