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I think it's reasonable to also draw a line here, between a game like Achaea where money can accelerate your advancement but can't get you anything a penniless player couldn't eventually somehow get, and a game like Medievia where there are game-mechanics edges that can only be purchased with money.
The first type of game, I think, can legitimately appeal to a variety of people. I can't imagine the second type appealing to anyone who understands it.*
I think it's fair to create categories that allow the first type of games to differentiate themselves from the second, and a third type of game where you pay a fee to play but then further money doesn't help you to differentiate themselves from either.
*On the basis of commercial style or business model alone, versus alternate business models.
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