I waited anxiously for Fortnite since it was first teased in 2011. I was hyped in 2017 when it finally released. Paid full price which I almost never do but I waited so long for it.
It was fun until you hit what felt like a brick wall in progression. If I recall it got super grindy really quick. People hated it but the company got lucky by saving it by adding BR mode. Things quickly started to become free and the game is a completely different game than what I bought.
For me it's not that I hate people that play it. It's sort of like waiting in a long line to go to an amusement park you've been dying to go to. You pay to get in and it's terrible. Then they immediately open the gates and let everyone for free and change it to a water park. I'm just annoyed by the entire experience.