Block the email sender and don’t use the unsubscribe button as that can have malware

Totally agree

Care to elaborate?

One might try KDE Connect, Local Send, and Signal which has a desktop client

Gross

That sounds plausible but I’m trying to focus on the positive here

Let’s try and look at silver linings

What would be great is if price hikes cause people to purchase games that are worth it causing developers to release complete and feature rich games without further abysmal monetization strategies.