• Suzune@ani.social
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    17 days ago

    Children in Europe spend on average 39 euros a month on in-game purchases

    Really?

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      17 days ago

      Stupid parents give their kids unlimited access to mobile payments.

      It’s like basic parental controls are a black art only few master

      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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        17 days ago

        To be fair, basic skills for being a human seem to have become a black art that only few can master. So expecting them to be responsible parents is actually probably a bit too high of an expectation. This isn’t an excuse to be a bad parent, of course.

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        17 days ago

        And because of them a bunch of games on Steam and other platforms are banned in my country. I occasionaly check SteamDB and see a popular game or new release and I can’t find it in the store because apparently it is blocked in my country.

        Wish there was a way for us to just see all games, because this usually involves games that have lootboxes that are entirely optional and I will never buy, but because some undisciplined kids and terrible parents the rest of us have to pay the price for it.