• ysjet@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I like how when valve does it, it’s ‘gambling,’ but every other company out there it’s just ‘microtransactions’ and ‘monetization.’

    Valve somehow gets 99% of the hate online for lootboxes, despite having one of the most transparent and fair implementations of them.

    Like, have you people never seen a gacha? Half of them don’t even fucking publish the rates for what you can get, and make far more money than Valve does.

    • 🍜 (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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      7 hours ago

      No, there are actual gambling sites for counter-strike items that are run by scammers who hire a youtuber, give them a huge (deliberate) win to entice kids to bet their parents wage on some stupid cosmetics’ slot machine.