The question revolves around whether the consumer rounded down by active choice versus it being about charging 1.99 instead of 1.78 or 2 for $3 instead of one for 1.50. They are talking about the ethics of gaining the profit versus the profit itself.
However, all the articles I read back in the day were all talking about situations where there was additional pressure on consumer. Time constraints, a child :), no access to equivalent prices and need versus want. Again, the articles were talking about 1.99 versus 0 and not 2.00 as the point of contention. Consumer purchasing when they normally would not have because of playing with the consumers perception of cost.
It’s not that relevant to UE Marketplace, but I do not know Epics end goal ambitions. I do know, buyer protections such as previews and refund policies would make such a tactic moot if it was applicable. More choice is always better. Give sellers mass market pricing options but the buyers need protection too.
For the older folks, it’s like cars. No matter what you payed for it, you’re still stuck with the repair department for the long term. So you always check out the repair department…
Any chance a mod can send me my second post (referencing awesome Ray-Ray) from the other Marketplace thread as it took me a good 20 minutes to think through. I don’t have any saves on since I assumed everything would always be available on here. Also, any chance the thread can be brought back? There was a longish post I didn’t have a chance to read. It was interesting. I don’t know who.