There are two parts to it:
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the gross part where you can buy gold to get better cards, etc. I agree the game is not balanced around it and it can be ignored, but it’s still gross.
1b) the fact that the characters (who are necessary) are offered one at a time is mildly gross, but they come in bundles with the adventures, so it’s not actually bad. -
the adventures themselves seemed overpriced to me. Maybe because I was expecting I should pay $10 for the whole thing, which is what I consider a “AAA mobile game” should cost. So that could very well be on me.
Now, the Android, iOS (presumably including iPad) and steam versions are linked. So I bought the steam version for $3 (on sale) which includes the main adventure bundle and linked them. Problem solved!