I learned quickly

if the person with the money does not care about their money being used on lootboxes, who is the victim exactly?

using psychcologists to boost sales though is scummy no matter what really

The child

I would say

how is the child a victim?

its not their money, they get what they want eventually.

and you are talking about all marketing PERIOD.

you know the colors used at restaurants and fast food is ones that science shows increases hunger response?

Introducing them to gambling at a youn g age

Yeah

teach your kid how to spot and handle gambling

Same with heat

this is a PERFECT time for that

And I agree

the child is still not a victim tho.

hard alcohol sales show that the top 10% make 90% of all purchases, so they tend to market toward those with impulse control issues and addictive personalities

it could be virtual money they gamble

infact to them it is virtual money

and what do you propose to do about that?

stop making games free to play?

add in directed marketing to that based on what the tech companies know of every person and how to exploit them and I'd say that almost all of marketing is going down a very dark path

oh it is.... but we gave that shit up willingly

Honestly? It's tough because ultimately do I have the right to dictate how someone runs their company when I played no part in creating it

thats why i stopped using facebook years ago.

even distrusted it when i was on it

southpark even had a great episode on it called 'fremium isn't free' iirc

turned out it was all the canadian devil

If i tell someone my name, and then they tell someone else my name, is it really my fault that 3rd person now knows my name? particularly if i never said they couldn't tell someone else?

but here's the thing, its a choice to buy microtransactions in a game

That's how they get around info collection

fremium games are basically how socialism works. the top 10% pay for the bottom 90% ability to use the service.

"Its public to see your friends"

the only thing you can use against companies is if they lie, either directly or through omission, of what they are doing with your data.

@Grenade123 are they blameless when they collected that info under the guise of a vague statement that stated they 'need access to contacts to function' or just outright lie and take it without asking? a lot of apps have been found to just copy your contacts without permission, or add that in a future update without notice

see above statements

but when it comes to things like EULAs? thats on you.

see facebook and them forcing opt-outs of new privacy raping 'features'

Eula?

yea if you accept you are basically fucked

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