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To be fair, advertisers were psychologically manipulating children for decades before mobile games and loot boxes. maybe they are more brazen about it now, but
by nerdponx 3y ago
To be fair, advertisers were psychologically manipulating children for decades before mobile games and loot boxes. maybe they are more brazen about it now, but people are also much more aware of it now.
- watwut 3y agoThere is something into it. Remember arcades fondly referenced on HN with some regularity? You had to throw in a coin to play for 2 minutes. Or collectible card games, again, always referenced fondly in here. But those can eat ridiculous amount of money.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> maybe they are more brazen about it now, They are not. In fact, much of the controversy is because of the opposite, that they are stealthier about it now.