I humourously called it "casino ad" whenever a GM announced "play remi's blah blah" but reality is I never paid it much attention, so it never occurred to me that this may be a form of gambling.
For me, it's all about freedom. If you can afford some cash and really want to play it, go for it. If not, just joke about it like I always do.
Outspark has to make money somehow to keep their business going. I simply regard this as one of their (successful) attempts at doing so. Again, it's good enough that they gave us a free client and server(s) to enjoy ourselves. Let's just leave this as it is.
