I am completely in agreement that loot boxes are exploitative. I think we are partially in disagreement at what constitutes a digital currency, but we might be

I am completely in agreement that loot boxes are exploitative. I think we are partially in disagreement at what constitutes a digital currency, but we might be in agreement just discussing it in different terms. For me, I think the best analogy for in game currencies is foreign currency. To give an example, I play a FTP game that has an in game currency called Units. You can earn Units playing the game or you can get Units more immediately by purchasing Unit packs for real money. You could liken this to either going to another country and earning their currency by working, or buying their currency through a foreign exchange with your own currency. However, in game currencies can't be converted back to your local currency, so it is a synchronous transaction. Thanks for the detailed and well expressed reply by the way.