Anyone who understands the concept of whales gets why the system is as it is. It's about making money. I would propose a solution that the season pass comes with like 1 node that is a "pick one eververse item to have for free" or "you completed season level 100, here is 1200 silver". It would make the community a little happier (though let's face it, there's no pleasing a lot of these people) by giving an eververse item that a vast majority of players weren't going to spend $12 on anyway, and only deprive the company of a very small fraction of the whale take. Disclaimer: I can't see the data, so my assertion that a vast majority don't buy skins may be misguided.