• themurphy
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      1 month ago

      Fair enough, but couldn’t the same be said about YouTube? They also take the biggest cut of the ad money for creators.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        1 month ago

        Yes. Using kids to drive engagement on YouTube is exploitative. Parents who do that are exploiting their children

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          1 month ago

          But what about…? Doesn’t excuse the first thing!

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            Why did anyone read my comment as an excuse? I was pointing two fingers instead of one on Roblox.

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              1 month ago

              Probably the “but”. I agree that both are exploitive and they should all be called out on it.

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        Is labor. There is a whole market of Roblox related things, there are job sites, freelance sites that employ kids to work on design/programming/marketing of these game modes. To pay them the game currency that maybe later can be traded for real money.

        Is not just kids tinkering with the game.