Free then 5 then 10 then 15 and so on, all price hikes that happened while the game was still in development and had not reached 1.0. it was one of the first mainstream example of an early access game!
You just don't want to recognize that Satisfactory today is different from what it was when it was first made available, just like Alpha and beta Minecraft weren't the same.
But hey, I guess I'm the one that's not arguing in good faith by pointing out that the situation is pretty much exactly the same and that the alternative is worse for all current owners.
Again, if you keep doing the same office job as before, do you refuse to ask for a pay increase and prefer to become poorer over time just because your job hasn't changed?