Agree that that is the only notable thing about it. But Corp legal departments will say anything to shift blame.
As to the whole story. “Legal product was advertised legally” could just have well have been the title.
No different than Ford paying a movie or game to include a Mustang
Helldivers 1 gated a lot of weapons behind DLC.
I’d assume that this would be the same; but i guess micro-transactions are more of a thing than they were 5 years ago.