It is actually a very good deal for you. You defer paying taxes on the depreciation amount. You can invest that (certainly during normal times) and make money. Then when you sell you pay it back. It's like an interest free loan from the government.
Furthermore for straight-line depreciation you get a deduction against ordinary income, but the recapture is taxed a much better capital-gain rates. So you probably get to keep some of it.
For an explanation of that see https://www.taxcpe.com/blogs/news/recaptured-and-unrecaptured-real-estate-rental-section-1250-gain
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