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Re:Justin Kan: Web3 games don’t need to lure players with pr... by cuteboy19 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @02:19AM (#32422178)
Inducting artificial scarcity to seek rent seems like a parody of capitalism by some 20th century communist. And yet here we are
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Re:Justin Kan: Web3 games don’t need to lure players with pr... by charcircuit on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:46AM (#32422704)
Video games would be no where as large today if they weren't allowed to introduce artificial scarcity. This is the entire point of copyright law too. Artificial scarcity allows people to monetize their creations.
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