Or is it anti consumer to make digital purchases hassle free...
I mean, to be honest, there could be a fine line between "hassle free" and deceptively obfuscated.
In a theoretical marketplace that is tied to a system that requires some sort of payment identification/validation (like a paypal account or credit card number), it could
theoretically not follow common navigation standards and have you buy something by just clicking on it (instead of, say, going to an information page).
So, it's possible.
Clarity is the key. But that follows across the board.
If EA wants to sell you an infinite sum of worthless ASCII characters for some ceiling-less amount of money, but it advertises it clearly as such, that's fine.
I know if I did this at 17 years old I would be the one paying off that card.
Same. My parents would have forked it over immediately, but I would have been working it off for the next year(s).
In fact, when I was about 11, I accidentally knocked a copy of Ghouls & Ghosts off of a shelf at a friend's house. The cartridge broke internally and couldn't be played anymore. My parents forked over the $80 to buy a new one and I had to pay them back in installments over the course of the next year by working odd jobs and having my $3/week allowance garnished.
It taught me that actions have very real consequences.