• carrylex@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    This won’t solve the problem and makes everything worse:

    1. People need to learn that gambling is bad. It’s a good idea to teach that as soon as possible. A 12 year old kid can maybe gamble $50 down the drain until a functional parent notices. Self-sustaining people that work can gamble their ENTIRE life away.
    2. Once again (as with chat contol, social media age verification and all the other crap): It’s the kids parents problem. Don’t buy your 5 year old kid a smartphone, let it un-supervised and add your credit card to it. NO ONE can and will ever able to fix that unless you take the kids away from their parents. Stop that shit and get your kids agency together…
    • ExperiencedWinter@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      People need to learn that drinking is bad. It’s a good idea to teach that as soon as possible. If a 12 year old kid can maybe drink $50 down the drain until a functional parent notices.

      On a more serious note, in your world, what are kids with shitty parents supposed to do? Isn’t it a little bit of society’s responsibility to ensure that it isn’t easy for kids aren’t chasing the next big win?

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        1 hour ago

        On a more serious note, in your world, what are kids with shitty parents supposed to do?

        They are not supposed to do anything and I never said that. That is part of kid agencies to individually detect and combat these things.

        Isn’t it a little bit of society’s responsibility to ensure that it isn’t easy for kids aren’t chasing the next big win?

        Oh Mr Politican don’t give me the “Think about the children” talk with no other practical solution then introducing a surveilance state.

        Totally stupid idea that the Netherlands implemented a decade ago: (paid) Lootboxes are illegal in the first place. Problem magically solved because guess what: No “gambling” in the first place.

    • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.ml
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      2 hours ago

      Loot boxes showing up in games normalizes gambling even if you don’t let your kids buy them. Their peers might do it anyway and share that interest with them. Then they’ll ask for digital currency for $GAME for Christmas.

      Random loot boxes should be removed from games IMHO. Let games be games.