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Is it illegal if you sell an item/service/upgrade for a clearly absurd price?

The obvious workaround here is to paywall some tiny feature with choose-your-own-price, or perhaps offer something akin to Reddit Gold. I presume the law already thought of that?




Surely there's a difference between ”Buy this PNG file for €200” and “Buy it for €10,000,000”


Lots of brands sell things with prices only justifiable by the branding and associated prestige.

The authors tactic of paywalling things behind a "donation" seems legally much more dubious.


It wouldn't be a donation, it would be a premium account that has access to extra features. I just don't want those features to make the free users feel second class.




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