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"Nobody put a gun to your head" will never excuse exploiting people for money.
This business model is inherently abusive, and spreading. I don't fucking care how little you think anyone needs what it offers. I am explaining why it's a scam. Nobody should be offered this. They are victims.
So is
Many of these are regulated and require disclosures to the user. I'd like to see win chances for each item tier disclosed as part of opening a crate. They do this in other countries.
Food items require ingredient lists and nutritional information and are subject to many regulations as food in general. Many countries tax sugary items with little nutritional value. Alcohol requires ABV displayed on the bottle and is heavily regulated behind ID laws. Porn probably has the laziest end user regulations but other regulations have happened to prevent abuse within the production of porn.
My teenage nephews play CS and can all buy keys to unlock cases with no age verification.
As he can buy almost everything else apart from alcohol.
Sure, seeing information, be it nutrition in food or odds in games is nice, but doesn't fix anything. We should demand to ban most of those things outright.
We're in strong whaboutism territory though. We can look to regulate and fix gambling in gaming without having to examine every regulation problem out there. I think we all agree that gambling mechanics in games are not healthy for people and currently face almost no rules at all.
All I'm saying is that regulation does not solve the problem.
I may have been involved in the gambling scene and no amount of regulation solves anything. Not taxes, not self-limiting options. It does not do anything.
And I'm actually suprised how people act like regulations help with the issues. The problems remain, just are slightly less predatory. Wohoo, we did it!