plenty of games have made the transition from paid to f2p and lots of those have also been acompanied by large overhauls/patches. none of them i remember have had as large a backlash as overwatch did.
even france barely uses the load-following mode on their power plants and instead use gas power plants because its increadibly un-economical. and yes you cant control the weather which is why renewables are more decentralized and widespread. its literally a non issue.
i think thats a display bug. if i hover over my own "descent from avernus" it also shows me .1%, however if i hover over one of my coop partners it shows as 40%
most people dont take issue with the fact that there is ads but with how intrusive they are.