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Your point of contention is numerical. And because this has all been "rooted in logic", the term 'optional' is is thrown around all over. And you come to your own conclusion by putting it all in a cost/benefit because due to your own personal choices, you don't use as much inventory as others who express disgust towards the app situation.

The app offers double the chocobo saddle bag and an additional retainer upon the (currently assumed) condition that you reached the retainer cap. Now, because you are not at the second part of the rewards for a cost benefit perspective, you see it as 350 vs 70 vs someone who could already have max retainers can see it as 225 for (potentially) $7 disregarding the remaining features of the app.

If you do have all retainers and hoard because whatever reason and the app is offered, to those in those circumstance who were additionally looking for more space does come off as a steep charge for less storage space.

It is still a choice? Yes.
It is still convenient? Yes.
It is still something that is apart from the game? Yes.
Do you still have the choice/option to not purchase it? Yes.

But the point of contention for many who are un-subbing is grossly ignored, which doesn't come from the optional but from the perception that they are adding more stuff that can (as noticed) come off as additional charges for "better access". This only has fuel added to the bonfire when their home-front is fine because it caters to them. And then add the inventory limitation that some experience and you have a situation of:

Varying sub fee + $2 x # retainers + $5 app fee that still has no clarity on if the additional retainer comes from that fee or its just a "limit break" for one more. I am still talking about how all of this is optional but to many it still screams like: "How much are you willing to fork over for inventory space?"