Fivem's darlings, Nopixel and Gabz, must have cried... They deserve this and much more.
Since Fivem introduced asset escrow, it was the biggest ...
Been saying this for the last few months. The Escrow System ruined this game, making Developers very greedy with their resources. You're paying the price of a complete game for just one script. You're entirely correct about microtransactions, and it's only gotten worse since time has progressed since the introduction of this system.
I stopped and shut down my server completely from FiveM and slowly eased off it completely. It was tough as I loved what I did, but you're going to spend 1,000s of dollars just to get a decent server and not include vehicles and maps. Then, add their CFX monthly license system to stream clothes on your OWN server and increase player counts.