Twitch finally takes action against gambling

Re:Twitch finally takes action against gambling by Loughla on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @11:24AM (#32926449)

Honestly. Baseball cards are a very well known, very popular, very mainstream and socially accepted loot-box/gambling. Is is the picture and statistics that make it okay?

Why do video game loot-boxes get extra scrutiny?

For context, I hate any game that implements them and believe they're the largest reason that mobile gaming continues to suck.

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Re:Twitch finally takes action against gambling by jdmdmdmdmd on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @11:49AM (#32926860)

>For context, I hate any game that implements them and believe they're the largest reason that mobile gaming continues to suck.

Can you explain how this contextualizes your above statement and questions?

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Re:Twitch finally takes action against gambling by Loughla on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @12:38PM (#32927683)

I'm not trying to defend loot boxes at all. Maybe I should've said 'reference' instead of 'context'.

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Re:Twitch finally takes action against gambling by spookie on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @12:09PM (#32927235)

Both are bad, but one has existed for longer than the other. So, it isn't as normalized for anyone over 16yo.

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