▲ 455 ▼ New York sues Valve for 'letting children and adults illegally gamble' with loot boxes (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 160 comments fedilink hide all child comments The lawsuit aims to "stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York\u2019s laws."
[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago (3 children) Village toymaker? Wow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago The village must be quite famous and populous to even have one! Perhaps it's a whole ass-town, even! permalink fedilink source parent [–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) What do you think would be a more apt analogy, then? Maybe I'm painting them in an unfair light. But, my point is that they're a toymaker that makes and distributes entertainment for everybody, but also do this thing that kinda sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago Billionaire owned tech companies that controll a market so tightly they pretty much have a monopoly shouldn't be anthropomorphized so fondly. I want you to vomit up that Kool aid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago The village must be quite famous and populous to even have one! Perhaps it's a whole ass-town, even! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) What do you think would be a more apt analogy, then? Maybe I'm painting them in an unfair light. But, my point is that they're a toymaker that makes and distributes entertainment for everybody, but also do this thing that kinda sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago Billionaire owned tech companies that controll a market so tightly they pretty much have a monopoly shouldn't be anthropomorphized so fondly. I want you to vomit up that Kool aid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago Billionaire owned tech companies that controll a market so tightly they pretty much have a monopoly shouldn't be anthropomorphized so fondly. I want you to vomit up that Kool aid. permalink fedilink source parent