Re:Roblox October Outage Postmortem
by munk-a on Thursday January 20, 2022 @05:42PM
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No matter what the cut is I think there are some legitimate social questions to ask about whether want young people to be potentially exposed to economic pressure to earn or whether we'd rather push back aggressively against youth monetization to preserve a childhood where, ideally, children get to play.
I know there are lots of child actors and plenty of household situations that make enjoying childhood difficult for many youths - but just because we're already bad at a thing doesn't mean we should let it get worse. Child labour laws were some of the first steps of regulation in the industrial revolution because inflation works in such a way where opening the door up to child labour can put significant financial pressure on families that choose not to participate when demand adjusts to that participation being normal.
I know there are lots of child actors and plenty of household situations that make enjoying childhood difficult for many youths - but just because we're already bad at a thing doesn't mean we should let it get worse. Child labour laws were some of the first steps of regulation in the industrial revolution because inflation works in such a way where opening the door up to child labour can put significant financial pressure on families that choose not to participate when demand adjusts to that participation being normal.