This is true. All of the points, and especially the transparency on who gets our money...
We are in need of good alternatives, but I don't think, that transparency is a good business model unfortunately :(
For me it is RUNESCAPE đ (The newer one, not the OSRS)
We started with friends a couple of weeks ago and been kinda addicted ever since đ But it's great fun, the quests are nice and it feels like the core mechanics of the game are really polished.
If it works and helps bringing new people over to Linux, why not?