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Re:Facebook Should Halt Instagram Kids Plan, Attorneys Gener... by josho on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:00PM (#27113768)
Except when you bought Pokémon cards did Nintendo get detailed tracking on how you played? Did the cards change in subtle ways to addict you further?

What is fundamentally different now versus then is the the data you are handing over and the manipulation that you are unknowingly experiencing.

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Re:Facebook Should Halt Instagram Kids Plan, Attorneys Gener... by supernovae on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:48PM (#27114015)
For kids chat app, they're not allowed to collect this data. For apps that do collect this data, they have to be what, 17?

Beyond that, in the 80s and 90s we were certainly marketed too... cartoons were invented to sell us toys, get us to buy cards/games and get our friends addicted

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Re:Facebook Should Halt Instagram Kids Plan, Attorneys Gener... by PoignardAzur on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:59AM (#27116186)
> Did the cards change in subtle ways to addict you further?

Kind of? CCGs are well known for their predatory monetization schemes.

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