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Roblox [...] preys on children
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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They built an empire on exploiting and skirting child labour laws. Literally. Their business model is exploit Childers and profit. Kids code the games. Then get nothing or a few hundred which to a kid, is all the money in the world.
Capitalism still great? π«
Don't forget that when they do hit it big and get lucky, they often spend the robux they earned back into the platform.
The We Make Games documentary on Roblox interviewed a kid who made $20k USD or something like that off his game. Never cashed it out and bought a bunch of cosmetics in the shop he's stuck with, and he's kicking himself for it now.
Ha I saw that doc! Thatβs kinda what sent me down a Roblox rabbit hole and some of the allegations range from just wild to downright blood boiling.
Can we also put all microtransaction + lootbox garbage in the same classification of vile predatory capitalism.
Finally, was wondering when it would start to crumble after PMG exposed just how exploitative that gaming platform is to kids
Thereβs also areas that are sexual in nature. I hope they close down.
Wow that's hectic. What examples do you have?
There was that kim Kardashian sex tape on there. Look it up it really happened
Roblox may not be hosting the gambling sites but they certainly don't seem to be trying to stop them. I thought there would be a bunch of hoops you would need to jump through in order to deposit Robux into the gambling site but it just straight up removes it from your Roblox account balance. Is there any legitimate reason as to why that's a feature? My old account got hacked like 10 years ago and they had more security in place for removing Robux than they do now, at least then they had to deposit all mine into a group and then cash it out, you couldn't just have it removed.
Capitalism is and illegal gambling ring.
I mean it's definitely not illegal. Not gonna argue the other part, though.