What do you think about Supercell Games?

I play a lot of Clash Royale. The new gold subscription they added last year is a bit annoying and it also feels like they unbalanced the game to make paid accounts get weaker opponents in 2v2 games. I.e. it suddenly got a lot harder for me to level up and the pairing often pairs me with people who have a tower lever 1 or 2 higher than me.

Does anyone who plays the game feel similar?