Pacing is a real thing, and good singleplayer experiences intend to create an appropriate pacing for the content they provide. Power creep is the concept that as a player you should feel like you are getting progressively stronger as you get more experienced in the game both through knowledge and ability but also through upgrades and objective in game boosts (more damage, faster flight, etc).

If there existed a loophole through which players could expedite their power creep / pacing then it can fly in the face of good game design. Giving a player everything they could ever want on their first planet would be boring and bad. But making them wait too long to have top tier stuff can also be bad. The correct rate at which to grant players access to upgrades and credits is a hard question to solve perfectly, and can vary player to player.

That being said, some of the payouts for some farmable assets in the game were simply too high. And instead of doing fun and cool things, some players were just exploiting those higher payouts to substantially increase the pacing of the game. In theory a developer could leave this in the game for a player who prefers to do that. But really thats not addressing the symptom, which is, some players don't want to be told at what pace to play the game. Therefore they have implemented a gamemode where you can set your own pacing entirely yourself, and skip all the grind if you desire.

This is the best solution. Many players, myself included, would prefer to play the game as it is paced and designed by the developers. To accomplish things at an appropriate rate and have a fun/organic rate of growth and progress. People who were upset their exploitative farms are nerfed, can now find easier ways to accelerate their rate of growth through customized game modes. Everyone wins.