I Feel Scammed

I don't buy games often. I tried the demo for MSFS 2020 and it was great, so silly me thought 2024 would just be that, but better.

Actually, it's just unplayable. About 9 times out of 10 I can't load the game past 68%.

When I do load in, I get the pleasure of not being allowed to download any scenery or map packs ahead of time, so I have to rely on poor "streaming" to constantly download the entire world around me, just in time for me to fly away from that loaded zone.

The bugs are ridiculous, I accidentally disabled a streaming scenery pack and learned there's actually no button to re-enable it. Just not there. No solutions to this or pretty much any other bug on the useless forums.

Maybe I'll try some of the cool looking firefighting and rescue missions? No, you can only do those through the career, no casual playing allowed, thank you.

And all this for $70? With a "marketplace" that was promised weeks ago and is now delayed probably for several more months?

I feel scammed. Never buying a Microsoft produced game again.

Update: most recent crash was foolishly selecting "configure aircraft" before attempting a free flight, which resulted in hanging in the loading screen for eternity. Has anyone at Microsoft ever tried to play this game?