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Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by Hammershaft on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:24AM (#37494308)
> All the "ethical problems" usually are just older (usually) men in IT not understanding that people want to pay money to have fun.

Fucking absurd, to be frank. Watch a GDC talk on growing mobile F2P revenue and you will be exposed to a slew of deceptive methods for psychologically manipulating players (who are often kids) into addictive spending habits, often literally through gambling mechanisms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjI03CGkb4

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Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by theshrike79 on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:27AM (#37497218)
There definitely are predatory F2P games as there are shitty cash grabs masquerading as premium games (pay once).

But games like Diablo Immortal, Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail wouldn't keep their player base if they were just a 100% psychologically manipulative cash grabs.

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Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by Hammershaft on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:25PM (#37501279)
AAA gacha games & Diablo Immortal clearly have quality production values, but they are also by far the most adept & deceitful at using predatory tactics pulled from behavioral psych to wring addicts out of their money.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o17lBUZgjTs

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