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I don't mean to be simple but the best incentives for using a product are (a) it does what it promises to do and well, (b) the cost and benefits are commensurate, (c) it is more elegant or efficient or <name your quality metric> than its competition?

I don't need games or rewards or incentives to buy products that meet these criteria.

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In fact majority of people base purchase decisions on unrelated psychological factors such as making them feel good about themselves or validating their "success" or completion/reward mechanics. It is what advertising/marketing industries are ALL about, few massmarket products are sold or bought on their merits.

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