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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's no different from VLTs and other gambling products. Not everyone will become addicted, but they are designed to addict. You and me might drop a dollar here or there and move on, but for every ten of us, there is 1 who gets addicted and drops a paycheque a month on this stuff.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Since a lot of it is marketed to kids, I'd bet it's more than 1/10 who have bought into useless microtransactions (with or without parental consent).