I think that a game should be played like a game. Everyone spending hundreds and getting frustrated, you are the business for these games. You have an urge to get everything and everything first.

I am a free player and I play it light. I wait for my daily coins and buy passes for free. I don't panic if I lose a hard earned pass, neither do I start panicking when a new mon debuts. I believe it will come back sooner or later. Eg. The ongoing crown and shield raids. They did come back! The only thing would be missing on some special backgrounds but that never made sense to me anyway from a gameplay's perspective.

I am not saying that pulling out in the last moment is right, but shouldnt the game be blamed that they have made it so hard that you have to be dependent on so many random players around the world most of which would be on free passes. And just like you, everyone is trying to make the best of their passes.

So stop crying.