[Spoiler] The Rising Mogstation Update

[Jynx]

but it does, as if the game was making bare minimum (say without or even with cash shop) they would slowly take the budget away while trying to keep as many players as they could while spending less.

Then you would need to know what "Bare minimum" is, and also by extension know that Square Enix isn't cutting the budget anyways while siphoning off cash.

The cash shop "Supports" Square Enix, nobody can deny that, but how it effects FFXIV is anyones guess we can't confirm or deny if it's good or bad.