Why do casual players seem entitled to cosmetic items added in game?

[Mawlzy]

The idea that it’s odd to want an incentive and not just play entirely for the intrinsic fun of something is such an odd concept to me because it seems to ignore the fact that much of the enjoyment of achieving something comes from being presented a reward that you really want from said content. Like a game like RuneScape is entirely built in this concept, you don’t do firemaking because it’s intrinsically fun, you do it because you want something out of it that you do get enjoyment out of

A reward isn’t just something to going you into doing content you don’t want to do it is part of its own enjoyment

Yeah as I said, I recognize I'm in the minority on this one. Maybe it reflects life experience. When I work I freelance, and only take on projects that are interesting. If something pays (rewards me) well but is not interesting, I simply don't do it.