you read that paragraph where the devs introduced the system where you can buy in-game currency by real money didn't you?

And in a game like EVE, which is a true sandbox and has grown incredibly because of their model it is just dumb to ask them to make a game without money sinks and no in-game currency trading at all. What should they do? Get rid of the death penalty?

And look at how successful games without economy are. There are other ways to fight gold sellers.