Similar situation for me. I started playing Splatoon 3 when it launched, and since then, I can't stand paid battlepasses. Anything that has a paid pass and/or doesn't give you any way to get items you missed later on feels so scummy and anti-consumer to me now.

(Splat 3 has something similar to a battlepass, but it's 100% free, and you can get anything you missed after the season ends.)