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Not arguing for or against but micro transactions absolutely work precisely because people can be more happy to spend $1 ten times in a month than $10 in one go
by haxiomic 5y ago
Not arguing for or against but micro transactions absolutely work precisely because people can be more happy to spend $1 ten times in a month than $10 in one go because the $1 is a less scary transaction than $10 a month, which if you’re not wealthy, can be a significant choice to make [0]
Plenty of data around how successful this model can be (at least for the company) [1]
[0] https://www.tuw.edu/psychology/psychology-behind-microtransactions/ https://www.tuw.edu/psychology/psychology-behind-microtransa...
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction#Impact https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction#Impact