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by perpetualpatzer 1711 days ago
No, payments to authors are percentage-based, so they deflate down with the price.

It's just a form of price discrimination. If you're paying and not urgent, wait a couple weeks and the price is $10. If you've gotta have it now, or don't care about the money (e.g. work will reimburse), the price is $100.