Allow me to translate (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, July 06, 2020, 17:15 (1388 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV

This is what I was talking about. I disagree with you that MTs "poison the well". They can be abusive and make a game worse. But you are making the stand that it's guaranteed.

If they don't make the game worse, there is no incentive to pay to skip actually playing the game to get the things. The exception is of course for items ONLY available via microtransaction. Since they aren't obtainable in game, the game design does not necessarily have to nudge you towards buying (but it often does.)