I think where Bungie’s microtransaction strategy has really missed the mark is that they are spending their time developing puff content instead of new content players actually want. I spent $0 on emotes because I don’t care about them; I want actual new things to do with my friends in the game and am willing to pay…

Sounds more like Bungie screwed up versus players finding a way to exploit things, per se. To be fair, Bungie seems to be describing this as a bug whereas your headline writer doesn’t seem to understand the difference.