• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    I mean, he’s not wrong. it is something within their power to control, and only they can stop the cycle.

    addiction is a hell of a drug though.

    companies that prey on the vulnerabilities of humans like that should be regulated no different than drug, alcohol, or firearm companies.

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      14 hours ago

      And if we were all smart people we would have far less laws. Sometimes laws protect us from ourselves. Anyone who has experience with addiction knows how hard it is to just stop. Instead of blaming people for their inability to stop we should emphatize and understand that this needs an intervention. If these predatory practices were illegal those people wouldn’t need to stop themselves because they wouldn’t be put in that situation in the first place.

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        7 hours ago

        Regulation of predatory practice. Taxation on the games to pay for rehab and support services for people that experience negative effects from it. It’s really easy to do, but every single gambling operation gets the big bucks from the heavily addicted. The whales are the entire business.

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      22 hours ago

      I agree they’re partially at fault, but to deny the part the company played by creating artificial FOMO, sales, and gates is barbaric to say the least

      It needs more regulation, I agree. Particularly for premium currencies (which thankfully the EU seems to be doing something about)