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The main result of the paper solves a long standing problem concerning the stability of the functional equation \[ h(x+y-xy)+h(xy)=h(x)+h(y) \qquad x,y\in(0,1) \] called Hosszú's equation, where \(h:(0,1)\to{\mathbb R}\) is considered as an unknown function. In 1974 \textit{K. Lajkó} [Aequationes Math., 11, 68-76 (1974; Zbl 0289.39005)] proved that exactly functions of the form \(h(x)=A(x)+C\) (where \(A\) is an additive function and \(C\) is a real constant) satisfy the above functional equation. The main result of this paper states that, for any \(\varepsilon>0\), there exists a solution \(f:(0,1)\to{\mathbb R}\) of the functional inequality \[ |f(x+y-xy)+f(xy)-f(x)-f(y)|\leq\varepsilon \qquad x,y\in(0,1) \] such that, for any additive function \(A\) and real constant \(C\) \[ \sup\bigl\{|f(x)-A(x)-C|:x\in(0,1)\bigr\}=\infty. \] In other words, this means that Hosszú's functional equation is not stable in the Hyers-Ulam sense on the interval \((0,1)\). This result is very surprising if compared to that of \textit{L. Losonczi} [Result. Math. 29, 305-310 (1996)] which states the Hyers-Ulam stability of the above equation on \({\mathbb R}\).