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    Reward Loops Entry #0612

    The reason two in-app currencies are harder to leave than one

    Real money buys gems; gems buy coins; coins buy the item. Each conversion blurs the price, until you no longer know what anything actually costs.

    Adept
    The hidden part #0612

    Every conversion is a step away from the dollar. By the third currency, the price is real but the pain of paying it has been abstracted away.

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    Decision Fatigue Entry #0845

    The reason a wizard hides its total until the final screen

    Revealing cumulative cost mid-flow would trigger price pain strong enough to override depletion, so a wizard hides the total until the final screen.

    Master
    The hidden part #0845

    The total is not hidden because it is complex — it is hidden because it is powerful. Revealing it would wake up the price-pain circuit that the flow spent five screens putting to sleep.

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