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But children can buy a cereal box that has some "rare" card.

by mrheosuper 1y ago

Retric 1y ago
Being virtual or not doesn’t matter here, ban it all.
smt88 1y ago
Close to 0% of children do their own grocery shopping and buy their own boxes of cereal
- jimmydorry 1y ago
  And close to 0% of children have credit cards to buy these virtual lootboxes. These mechanisms prey on getting children to beg their parents to spend money.
  - smt88 1y ago
    They don't have to ask their parents first. The parents can link cards. One example, of many: https://www.techspot.com/news/98980-13-year-old-spent-64000-parents-money-mobile.html https://www.techspot.com/news/98980-13-year-old-spent-64000-...
    - lanfeust6 1y ago
      This just another way of saying their parents allowed it
      - smt88 1y ago
        It's completely different in practice. A child can't buy $50,000 of cereal in an afternoon.
        lanfeust6 1y ago
        In practice a parent can easily forego allowing their children to make unsupervised purchases linked to the parent's card! That seems absolutely crazy.
- mrheosuper 1y ago
  And 0% of children having credit card to buy lootbox (My country requires you to be over 18 to have one)
  - smt88 1y ago
    Their parents link the cards. Kids can buy things without consulting a parent each time.
  - msh 1y ago
    Where I am from kids can get a debit card that can be used online at age 13.
  - leoedin 1y ago
    You can have a debit card in the UK as a fairly young child. I think I got one at 12? I don’t know if there’s specific restrictions on buying in-game currency with them? I don’t know how they’d know though. The first thing I did when I got a debit card was buy the 18 rated GTA Vice City!
  - trinix912 1y ago
    Ever heard of PaySafe "cards"? Every single kid here uses that.
    - lanfeust6 1y ago
      Who gave them the money for the cards?
      - trinix912 1y ago
        Grandma for Christmas? Really, have you never been a child? They obviously didn’t get it for that specific purpose, that’s for sure.
        lanfeust6 1y ago
        Yes, and I never ran around with cash. Supposing I did get a cash gift before my teens, it would just sit in the "bank" i.e. a box in the dresser. Of course there were no gift cards or any of that crap back then, which is what you'd expect to receive today. I mean, as an adult now, what are you likely to receive: a gift card from a relative, or cash? There's zero reason for a child to carry cash for no purpose. At any rate their lives are so structured usually that this notion that they're going to run to some store to convert it to prepaid cards is far-fetched to begin with. I see a failure of parenting that some don't want to give credence. I'm not sure why.
matwood 1y ago
When I was a kid it was baseball cards.
shlant 1y ago
can't tell if this is sarcasm
Xss3 1y ago
That should be banned too. Why are you defending it with a 'but'?

But children can buy a cereal box that has some "rare" card.

Retric 1y ago

Being virtual or not doesn’t matter here, ban it all.

smt88 1y ago

Close to 0% of children do their own grocery shopping and buy their own boxes of cereal

jimmydorry 1y ago
And close to 0% of children have credit cards to buy these virtual lootboxes. These mechanisms prey on getting children to beg their parents to spend money.
- smt88 1y ago
  They don't have to ask their parents first. The parents can link cards. One example, of many: https://www.techspot.com/news/98980-13-year-old-spent-64000-parents-money-mobile.html https://www.techspot.com/news/98980-13-year-old-spent-64000-...
  - lanfeust6 1y ago
    This just another way of saying their parents allowed it
    - smt88 1y ago
      It's completely different in practice. A child can't buy $50,000 of cereal in an afternoon.
      - lanfeust6 1y ago
        In practice a parent can easily forego allowing their children to make unsupervised purchases linked to the parent's card! That seems absolutely crazy.
mrheosuper 1y ago
And 0% of children having credit card to buy lootbox (My country requires you to be over 18 to have one)
- smt88 1y ago
  Their parents link the cards. Kids can buy things without consulting a parent each time.
- msh 1y ago
  Where I am from kids can get a debit card that can be used online at age 13.
- leoedin 1y ago
  You can have a debit card in the UK as a fairly young child. I think I got one at 12? I don’t know if there’s specific restrictions on buying in-game currency with them? I don’t know how they’d know though. The first thing I did when I got a debit card was buy the 18 rated GTA Vice City!
- trinix912 1y ago
  Ever heard of PaySafe "cards"? Every single kid here uses that.
  - lanfeust6 1y ago
    Who gave them the money for the cards?
    - trinix912 1y ago
      Grandma for Christmas? Really, have you never been a child? They obviously didn’t get it for that specific purpose, that’s for sure.
      - lanfeust6 1y ago
        Yes, and I never ran around with cash. Supposing I did get a cash gift before my teens, it would just sit in the "bank" i.e. a box in the dresser. Of course there were no gift cards or any of that crap back then, which is what you'd expect to receive today. I mean, as an adult now, what are you likely to receive: a gift card from a relative, or cash? There's zero reason for a child to carry cash for no purpose. At any rate their lives are so structured usually that this notion that they're going to run to some store to convert it to prepaid cards is far-fetched to begin with. I see a failure of parenting that some don't want to give credence. I'm not sure why.

matwood 1y ago

When I was a kid it was baseball cards.

shlant 1y ago

can't tell if this is sarcasm

Xss3 1y ago

That should be banned too. Why are you defending it with a 'but'?