Re:Loot boxes in online games and their effect on consumers ...
by benologist on Sunday August 23, 2020 @04:49PM
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What amazes me is it's about a dozen years since the concept of a "whale" emerged in gaming, and it keeps coming back to obfuscating transactions so children will blindly spend thousands of dollars. So far Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all been sued and lost for it, Facebook even called it "friendly fraud". It just never ends in spite of overwhelming evidence of fraud.
https://money.cnn.com/2014/01/15/technology/apple-ftc-settle...
https://lifehacker.com/get-a-refund-for-your-kids-unauthoriz...
https://phys.org/news/2016-07-facebook-refunds-in-app-minors...
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/child-spe...
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ftc-sues-amazon-app-pur...