Predatory Monetisation? A Categorisation of Unfair, Misleading and Aggressive Monetisation Techniques in Digital Games from the Player Perspective
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Predatory monetisation; Consumer protection; Microtransactions; Video games; In-game purchasing;All these keywords.
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