Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling

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Date : 30. Dec 2024, 21:53:26
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On 30/12/2024 15:54, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Legally, they are right on the edge. Valve skirts the law through
loopholes, but they are neck-deep in the gambling industry and profit
off it mightily.
 But even disregarding the antics of the third-party websites, it's
still gambling. The lootboxes they sell (yours only for $2.49USD on
Steam) present you your goodies through a roulette-wheel aesthetic.
It's purposefully designed to make you think you just might get the
big-ticket item ("Oh, so close, instead of the super-ultra-rare hat,
the ticker stopped 1mm to the right and landed on the completely
worthless and common gun), encouraging people to try-try-again until
you get the good stuff. This is a very obvious gambling mechanic.
There's quite a few European countries that have looked at this and the majority have all come to basically the same conclusion they may have a lot of the aspects of gambling they aren't technically gambling. Belgium was the exception to this.
The is some positive news though, Spain has a draft bill in progress that would ban lootboxes for minors and the EU has a draft report due looking to if not ban them then at least make them far more transparent and have better controls for consumers over them. The good thing about the EU is that do generally have a consumer friendly attitude and importantly have the clout that means companies literally can't afford to ignore* what they say.
*One of the ironies of Brexit and how it was going to free as from the 'shackles' of the EU is that a lot of companies still have to effectively comply with EU regulations it's just that the UK no longer have a say in what those regulations are. A good example is vacuum cleaners (I kid you not) that have a limit placed on how powerful they can be. Not much point of manufacturing one if you can't sell it into the EU though. Oh and double irony, the owner of Dyson was a keen Brexiter and took advantage of the opportunities offered by it to move all their manufacturing to Malaysia.

Date Sujet#  Auteur
29 Dec 24 * Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling22Spalls Hurgenson
29 Dec 24 +- Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling1Dimensional Traveler
30 Dec 24 `* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling20Xocyll
30 Dec 24  +* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling3JAB
30 Dec 24  i`* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling2Spalls Hurgenson
30 Dec 24  i `- Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling1JAB
31 Dec 24  `* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling16Zaghadka
31 Dec 24   +* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling7Xocyll
31 Dec 24   i+* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling4Zaghadka
1 Jan 25   ii`* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling3Xocyll
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2 Jan 25   i`* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling2JAB
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2 Jan 25   `* Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling8JAB
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