This is another level. Developers like EA know the potential of earnings and use psychologists to incentivize people to spend money. The barrier is much lower t

This is another level. Developers like EA know the potential of earnings and use psychologists to incentivize people to spend money. The barrier is much lower too. Sure, a smaller form with trading cards always existed, but it wasn't a billion dollar industry with support from specialists to maximize exploitation. You cannot really generalize the problem to loot boxes though. There are exceptions where it just provides a form of monetization that isn't necessarily predatory and it will not affect everyone negatively.