I have invested over $2000 invested in games and addons on Steam but haven’t touched them since 18th August, and that’s coming from someone who unlike you have been using flight sims since 2005 
Some people find it entertaining to hate on things and that’s normal. Nothing you could or should do about it imo. If some people want to unlearn how to have fun, who am I to stop them? Just ignore them and do what you love doing. Don’t let others decide what you should love and hate. You live your life the way you see fit, and so do others.