It's an analogy bro

If you think cosmetic lootboxes are comparable to porn, you're too stupid for internet access and your handler should limit your screen time in the future until a cure is found for whatever thing is currently affecting you.

The reading comprehension situation is crazy LaLuzDelSol does not think cosmetic loot boxes are comparable to porn. They were making an analogy, not an equation. "A is like B in that C" does not imply that A is just as good or bad as B, it means that they share *a* similarity. In this case, "putting 5 minutes of hardcore sex in an otherwise g-rated film" is like "incorporating gambling into an otherwise child friendly game," in that "even if the majority of the work is child friendly, the not-child-friendly aspects make the work as a whole not child-friendly."

The analogy _**only works if you believe gambling does the same relative harm**_ as porn. That is the problem I have with their terrible attempt at an analogy. Not only does it imply it's comparable, it has to be for the analogy to work as intended.

The analogy _**only works if you believe gambling does the same relative harm**_ as porn. That is the problem I have with their terrible attempt at an analogy. Not only does it imply it's comparable, it has to be for the analogy to work as intended.

this law is the result of bad parenting. if parents would parent, nothing like this would be needed

You should know better than to assume that the average Lemmy user understands analogies

Incorrect An analogy is not an equation. Porn is harmful to children, and access should be age restricted to the fullest extent possible without interfering with the rights of grown adults. Gambling is harmful for children, and should be age restricted to the fullest extent possible without interfering with the rights of grown adults. They don't cause the ***same amount of harm,*** but a movie that features hardcore sex should be rated AO just like a game that incorporates gambling should be rated M.

You're explicity suggesting the thing is not suitable for kids, while also explicity calling something that isn't gambling, gambling. That's the point Cosmetic lootboxes are suitable for kids. Unlike porn or gambling.

> If this bad parenting happens often enough to be a real problem, then whining into the wind that "no one has any common sense anymore," or whatever you're doing, isn't a solution. of course thats not a solution. but what can you do? lawmakers wont make laws that make the parents responsible for their negligence. sometimes it's not even intentional negligence, but that they don't even know what should they do, and how can that be done > I do blame the game a little because it's a game that really, really, really wants you to spend money on diamond gem funbucks. that's fair, I do too. I also blame all the commercial social networks, if I can call them that way > You don't want to show your ID even though we all do that for alcohol—fine. just let me remind you that that happens offline, and it is provable if copies are not preserved. normally you just show it and that's it. > That is, unless you would like to spearhead this global movement to teach underprivileged parents how to configure their phones? if someone cannot properly configure their phones, then they need to be made liable for the consequences their negligence causes.

Regardless of who's responsible, children should not be gambling. Why is everyone magnifying "responsibility"? Scamming children is illegal and having them gamble is/should also be illegal. I'll also link you https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/14325340. > Children can even upload patent's ids 1. We don't even know they're gonna use IDs to verify. Steam just uses a birthdate dropdown to comply with legal things. 2. No, it takes a lot more carelessness for children to be able to find parents' IDs in the wild.

It's not gambling, it's just a thing you can spend real money on to have a chance of getting one of several rewards, with the best possible rewards having the lowest possible chances Oh wait that's literally the fucking definition of gambling

By that logic all games with any random component is gambling... which would include pretty much every game ever published. If Diablo isn't gambling, then neither is genshin.

If you could spend real life money to get random loot drops in Diablo, you might have a point. You should really try to seek out other viewpoints. Literally every discussion about this topic overwhelmingly agrees that gacha games are gambling.

"You're not part of the hivemind so go seek out more people that agree with me until you are" is a wild statement.

Not an accurate summary of what I said. I hope you learn to read past a kindergarten level someday

You literally said I wasn't correct because a majority of people hold a different viewpoint, and that I should get out of a non-existent echo chamber so I conform to the majority viewpoint. If you don't understand why your last paragraph is stupid, I don't think you should have kids or care about what happens to kids.

I didn't say anything about an echo chamber dude, try again

"You should really try to seek out other viewpoints" suggests I haven't... what is an echo chamber, young one?

You still haven't responded to the part about the real money slot machine