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There's a massive difference between fraud (promising impossible returns or cures) and advertising. Game makers aim to addict you, but they don't lie and they
by morgante 11y ago
There's a massive difference between fraud (promising impossible returns or cures) and advertising.
Game makers aim to addict you, but they don't lie and they do give you exactly what they say they will.
- npunt 11y agoWhat part of making a fraudulent Facebook account and friending users to get their information isn't fraud?
- morgante 11y agoThat's hearsay and I highly doubt it happens on an institutional scale.
- themartorana 11y agoYeah, this seemed like a clear line if ever one was needed. My company builds F2P games that are ad supported, but my god that is some disgusting crap right there.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI'd say it's a difference of degree, not of kind. Generally, fraud is a deliberate deception to secure an unfair gain. Advertising is this too, but usually it's harmless enough that we don't mind. Sometimes though it crosses the line. As the quote goes, "Any sufficiently advanced business model is indistinguishable from a scam." (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8227941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8227941)
- morgante 11y agoPerhaps, but if we're going to go that far we should also start regulating fashion to protect whales from themselves. It also depends immensely on a small number of people being manipulated through advertising to buy a lot.