I've thought at times that there are too many item updates and such, but not for the same reason that you have.
I don't care what other people do with their items, I do enjoy the new items, I've never had a probably with making an avatar except when I was new.
The reason I thought there were too many items, more like too many updates, was because I was thinking, "What if they run out of ideas? gonk " or "I can't keep up with the new item updates! gonk "
They probably won't run out of ideas since the staff has an excellent imagination, but it is hard for me to get the new items.