It reflects economic reality, without these upgrades the base ticket would have to cost more, meaning less foot traffic because that would price more people out

It's like taxing the rich, but the you can't complain when the rich get better service because now you depend on them for revenue

Personally I'd prefer the UX of a higher priced standard ticket and have less people in the park overall, but then economies of scale would probably make that standard ticket even closer to the cost of an upgraded ticket today

It's basically a subsidy to the lower income as constructed, but also why park UX sucks... Something something socialism