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I’ve seen relatively low income people drop hundreds of dollars a day on loot boxes in games like CS:GO. Until I saw it myself I couldn’t understand how these c
by cyberlurker 6y ago
I’ve seen relatively low income people drop hundreds of dollars a day on loot boxes in games like CS:GO. Until I saw it myself I couldn’t understand how these companies were making money. I’ve also seen accounts with thousands of dollars worth of digital items. I don’t want to police behavior too much, but I wish there was some transparency for those people to see how much money they’ve put in to get to that point. I assume they must have put in roughly 5x what they own.
- chapium 6y agoIts not your place to police their behavior because they are adults, not children.
- Mirioron 6y agoHere's what I don't understand: where do children get their money from to compulsively spend on lootboxes?
- leroman 6y agoUnsuspecting parents that are not technically inclined enough to block it in advance, happened to my sister.
- socon 6y agoActually, since it creates destructive externalities, it is my place.
- throwaway98797 6y agoand its my place to make sure people like you know their place.
- socon 6y agopick: Stop regulating externalities, including environmental regulations, civil rights regulations, etc Regulate externalities, including socially corrosive behavior like gambling, alcohol, excessive drug use, pornography, etc. It’s incoherent to regulate the ones you dislike and pretend the ones you like have no externalities.
- burnished 6y agoWell, you're doing a pretty rubbish job at it. If anything you've just given some one more eloquent the chance to convince an audience of their position, while refusing to yourself offer up any coherent argument. Your strategy just seems counter productive is what I'm getting at.
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- sneak 6y agoWait until you see the stats on cigarettes, alcohol, weed, prostitutes, and junk food. Video games are in a market with lots of healthy competition for dollars.
- retrac 6y agoAll those are heavily regulated (and usually taxed) in most developed countries. Like I lean a bit libertarian, but I'm not sure society could handle alcohol being sold for its cost of production at every corner store -- less than $1 a litre of 94% ABV.
- sneak 6y agoBetter that people be impoverished and drunk rather than just drunk?
- wackro 6y agoScotland introduced minimum pricing for alcohol. I imagine it's done some good. https://www.gov.scot/policies/alcohol-and-drugs/minimum-unit-pricing/ https://www.gov.scot/policies/alcohol-and-drugs/minimum-unit...
- thedrbrian 6y agoNot really. Alcohol related hospital admissions rose slightly and per 100k rate declined slightly. https://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2021/03/fantasy-modelling-and-70p-minimum.html https://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2021/03/fantasy-mod...