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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by lapetitejort on Friday September 22, 2023 @10:59AM (#37612932)
Conversely, CSGO and DOTA 2 has facilitated real money gambling among the youth on third party sites for years. Valve has attempted to crack down on gambling sites, however it's still possible for a fourteen year old to insert credit card details and lose real money gambling for virtual skins.
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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by ysavir on Friday September 22, 2023 @11:26AM (#37613295)
And Artifact has card packs that are effectively loot boxes, and a whole marketplace to facilitate selling/buying them. I don't know how much/if they made any cut from the marketplace, but it's certainly a form of "play to win".
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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by waveBidder on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:48PM (#37614333)
this is nothing compared to Roblox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ

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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by gabereiser on Friday September 22, 2023 @10:20PM (#37620077)
Man complaining about a monetization platform by making a video on a monetization platform.
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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by dietr1ch on Friday September 22, 2023 @01:17PM (#37614743)
Which could easily be fixed if Valve decided to put a hard-cap by selling skins for a fixed price, even if they were only for sale a couple weeks a year.

They'd also pocket all that money, but I guess they don't want people who spent more than said cap to get their skins. But people who are spending 100+ on skins should know they are playing the NFT game.

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