A few gold spenders on here probably aren't even a drop in the ocean, on droid alone the app has over 5 million downloads and I assume it's is equal or higher on iOS. So a few hundred players whining from 10 million, probably even less than a drop in the ocean.
It's really quite simple, you as an individual have a choice, spend your money or don't, play the game or don't, pick and choose the events you want to participate in or don't.
Don't misunderstand, my personal view is that it's become almost non stop events recently and this puts pressure on people, but it's only pressure that you apply to yourself.
I'm hooked and play them all but if I have something real life I want to do the that takes precedence.
People used to moan that it was boring, now people moan because there's too much happening

"you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time"