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US child advocacy groups have asked the FTC to investigate EA over loot boxes
- LatteLazy 4y agoEducation funding, child healthcare, the effects of abortion bans on existing kids, gun regulation, climate change and the spiraling national debt are the things I'd worry about if I had kids. Loot boxes, not so much.
- lykahb 4y agoI believe that ads, micro-transactions and mandatory connectivity are the root of evil both in gaming and social media. They create the platform where the most profitable business model is one based on manipulating a user. The loot boxes is an ugly but also a very specific method of exploitation. If it is banned, others will come up. Legislating the online entertainment could be based on experience from gambling, tobacco, and alcohol. The harm caused by those industries was limited by licenses and taxes. A tax on online entertainment based on a few traits that enable dark patterns. It should be high enough to make them less profitable than the old-style games meant to be played single-player and offline. It would stifle the innovation, but the innovation about how to squeeze more engagement and money is not of value to the society.