League doesn't feel as exciting to play...

I was looking in the sales shop and I found that Battle Queen Gwen is on sale from 1350RP to 975RP. I have Soul Fighter Gwen on my secondary account but I also want another skin on my main account too and I love Battle Queen's splash art.
But, do I really want to invest any more money into this game? I've spent a total of 300$ since 2014, the year I started to play League. That might not sound a lot but at the same time I don't feel like paying for stuff I don't find a strong meaning for.
Riot's been known for reducing the quality of their events and doing questionable meta changes to benefit the professional arena or new skin sales on popular characters. But recently, as everyone is probably aware, they removed the chests, the "Your shop" and honor rewards.
I've played over 50+ matches this week and I don't even know if I got any substantial blue essence or not despite leveling up a few times. The game feels empty, there's barely a sense of progression and considering all the conflict around the community, I feel like I am truly witnessing the last days of League of Legends, a game I've been playing since I was a child and that was the only thing I'd know to play.
The game is dying but not necessarily because people don't like the game anymore, but rather Riot, as told by a lot of streamers, is desperately trying to milk League out of the last drop of penny through effortless means - meaning they are preparing for a feature with no League of Legends. I couldn't give a crap about Arcane (which in my opinion is overrated) or Valorant (which is a totally different game and shouldn't have anything to do with League) but who am I to judge "industry best practices" ?
So yeah, I am still trying to figure out if I really want to buy this skin and have myself happy for very little while or if I should "protest" like other players and simply never ever spend money on a game that's digging it's own grave slow, but surely.