If a creator decides to hold on to their tokens and wait until June to sell em at $0.01, would that still qualify as a utility?
That's already the kind of detail I cannot provide not being a lawyer

From my own interpretation of the Howey test however, I would interpret that such a token is still a security, unfortunately. Because if the token can grow in value, then: what exactly does this growth depend on?
If it's the issuer company's efforts, then it's very likely a security. And in your example you wrote that the company's income is the variable from which ultimately the token value depends.
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