I don't think it's you being older, this F2P stuff was almost non-existent outside of the MMORPG genre. If you wanted to play video games, you essentially had four choices:

- Play a limited demo of a full game.

- Buy a full offline game for your console or PC.

- Play a F2P MMORPG (no anti-cheat software to speak of).

- Pay for an MMORPG subscription (also no anti-cheat software to speak of).

Cheats were less developed and so were anti-cheats. The F2P model was not as wide-spread either. The mobile app market didn't exist.

This is not the reality we live in anymore.

I've decided to not waste as much time as I used to on this stuff, because as I got older I learned more about how valuable time actually is.