>pay-to-win gambling Gacha games have entered chat. >(and targeting kids, at that) Same. Also see the subscription scams rampant on walled gardens. >And hea

>pay-to-win gambling Gacha games have entered chat. >(and targeting kids, at that) Same. Also see the subscription scams rampant on walled gardens. >And heavy-handed censorship I’m not arguing for censorship, money isn’t speech nor are psychological studies. I think the line is crossed when video game companies bring phd psychologists in house to help design and study game design to drive sales. While I think fomo is a shitty tactic it shouldn’t be illegal. However, if psychologists are collecting data about users and drawing conclusions then not only do the companies need to acquire informed consent the results and data should be required to be published. Again, video games have been great for socially marginalized people. Lately, these people have become piggy banks for the roaches designing systems with the explicit purpose of maximizing profit, ethics and externalities can be blame shifted elsewhere and guilt can be stifled with extravagant lifestyles.