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This is like when Nintendo and Microsoft demand loot boxes include the 0.00000001% odds of getting what you want. They do this because they are looking for a w
by benologist 7y ago
This is like when Nintendo and Microsoft demand loot boxes include the 0.00000001% odds of getting what you want. They do this because they are looking for a way to save loot boxes because childhood gambling is immensely profitable and some children are so generous they may even spend thousands. They seek a safe middle-ground where most children can still be exploited and their parents defrauded but the mechanic itself is not made illegal and they are not breaking any law.
Google wants to save internet-wide tracking before it is irreversibly thwarted or outlawed for being generally abusive to society, because it put a hundred billion in their savings account and there's more coming.