Red Letter Media discusses it in one of their Best of the Worse episodes, do recommend! https://youtu.be/kWKlmbTudD8?si=Vy4ZhH76UrrnpKAh

They’re still the same thing though, a way for corps to charge you more without you noticing. If you red the article the fees they’re talking about are for baggage, changes or cancellations. Those things are technically optional so they shouldn’t be included in the “you pay” price as you say, but should still be disclosed so the consumer knows what other charges they might incur.

The death of couch coop is not the worst thing to happen to video games but it’s up there.