@puzzlepiece87 the business model of uber and such are also basically... the opposite of what they'd need to be for having self driving cars. They're currently working by, well, having their employees pay for all the capital investments and maintenance costs. Self-driving cars would require them to own a fleet of cars, do maintenance on them, store them, etc... you know, like taxi services do now
Apparently it was hosted by the FTC, and conducted by "industry representatives"
Now let me ask you, if lootboxes make your company billions of profits a year, and you had the chance to talk to lawmakers who are about to heavily regulate this source of income, wouldn't you also tell them anything you could so they would not do that?
@MechMK1 sometimes not even consult.. sometimes just go "Hey, what law would you like me to pass? This one, okay I'll just copy it verbatim and change the name"
@Frank Which is exactly why I think this workshop is not a good start, but rather a completely wrong step. It's as if you are about to regulate gambling, and the only people you listen to are casinos, talking all about how they make some people rich, and how they help them out of poverty.
@Elva It was not my intention to say you should respect all beliefs (nazis, for example, can go into the sea). It's just that we shouldn't be teaching our children to go around mocking or demeaning the beliefs of others. That to me just reenforces the idea of mocking other cultures who are different. i.e. I'm thinking of the huge amounts of racism around africans and first nations being viewed as "savages" by Europeons and Americans.
@Frank Of course. Because players usually want a specific item. So they will continue to buy the loot boxes, until either a.) they got the item or b.) they spent so much money that they can't justify further spending
And even in the case of b.), there is the gambler's fallacy keeping them coming back
You know, the fallacy that mostly affects gamblers, doing gambling, which is heavily regulated
But it also greatly helps hide how much you've spend, as in reports of one person getting the information via the GDPR and finding out IIRC he spend like... 3 thousand?
@Frank Because kids don't understand that money is an abstract concept. For young children, money is something concrete they touch. Something they physically give to a cashier. Even with credit cards, they feel the need to have a physical card.
In general, the gaming industry has been moving towards more predatory and exploitative methods for quite some time, as they're never happy with their growth.
And then came the "crimefest", where the "Big Surprize" in the end was that they were introducing lootboxes and skins, which affect gameplay
Yeah, that ultra-rare skin just happens to break an important damage wall, allowing you kill specific enemies in 1 shot instead of 2. Just cosmetic, eh?
Essentially, they play in an entirely different league when it comes to money. The difference between "everything I have" and "nothing at all" is less than what that guy's glasses are worth
it's fine john mccain hasn't been on cbs to talk about the fundamentals of the economy, so that means it's a slightly different scenario and not true deja vu
@Stormblessed "not being able to look my children in the eye" is a surprisingly common phrase that GOP members seem to use when breaking from the party.
(only to slink back in a few months later when the election rolls around, cough cough Ted Cruz cough)
the abstract The Economy is meaningless to pretty much everyone. Why do I care if The Economy capital letters is Doing Good if I have to work 3 gig economy jobs to pay my rent
