• TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Absolutely. Time and time again researchers have found that lootboxes have the same psychological effects as gambling, which should be enough justification for regulating it as such. Publishers try to excuse it by the technicality that people can’t (directly) win real money from it, glossing over how they lose real money every time. It’s all the negative effects, with only the possibility of a fictional reward for it.