Are buying items supposed to hurt your performance?
Buying machete makes you get less minion gold. Wow, very nice.
I don't recall the solution to support items being used in mid lane for extra gold was to reduce minion gold.
I don't recall the solution to ADCs taking Krugs to be reduce jungle camp gold for non-smite users.
But somehow this is any different. Extremely inconsistent game design. Buying an item should never hinder your gameplay. Just plain stupidity.