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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by jack_pp on Sunday June 05, 2022 @05:00AM (#31629194)
Children don't have access to a credit card unless you give it to them. If in 2022 you're giving a kid a device where he can make payments without your input then you're responsible for it.

If you're addicted to spending money online irresponsibly I doubt there is any law that will protect you, there's millions of ways to spend money to get gratification online.

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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by dtech on Sunday June 05, 2022 @05:19AM (#31629273)
"We shouldn't restrict heroin, if you're prone to addiction you can get a candybar in any supermarket"

These games are explicitly designed to prey on people prone to gambling-like addictions.

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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by jack_pp on Sunday June 05, 2022 @05:28AM (#31629327)
Not quite the same thing as heroin as you can easily drown your sorrows in any number of cheap video games and I'm of the belief that if you are prone to addictions the only way to evolve passed them is to go through them. I am against putting laws up against these games but I am for the community warning and talking about this so people know what they're getting into.

I'm also for legalizing all drugs but that's another discussion

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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by kaibee on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:31PM (#31636177)
> Not quite the same thing as heroin

If it was, do you think it would stop them?

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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by fomine3 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:43PM (#31636249)
Just buy Google Play card at store with cash.
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