All the items that are cash shop exclusive are made by a separate team and would not exist if not for the cash shop team being a thing. They were hired/brought on for the express purpose of making items that would be sold seperately from the ingame stuff. You are losing nothing by them existing and options have not been limited. Likely the higher ups would not have approved their re-allocation to FFXIV without a financial reason.
Yes it's for profit, but it's a company and understandable. This isn't like DLC that was cut from the game and then charged for later. They aren't charging for anything we would have had anyway (if we're not considering seasonal stuff, which I understand the reason for business wise).
It really would be nice if we had more funding for the main game from it's actual revenue instead of them having what amounts to a lemonade stand on the side for extra "allowance". But I cannot fault them too much for what the cash shop is: Completely straightforward, optional, and cosmetic luxury purchases. No RNG, no lootbox crazyness, no "I win" purchases (though in a PVE game this is really minimal impact anyway).