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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 11mo ago
      It's completely different in practice. A child can't buy $50,000 of cereal in an afternoon.
      • lanfeust6 11mo 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.