Comment on Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification"

twinnie@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Consumers have already decided mobile gambling slop is the most successful investment in the gaming industry. I don‘t trust consumers to know what‘s best for them.

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think the studies showing how certain minds can be targeted and manipulated by dark gambling patterns made me think differently about gambling. I’d at least like lootbox gambling slop to be regulated the same as casinos.

    Look how popular fantasy sports is now. It’s basically just the casino industry seeking out new avenues to cheat the definition of “Playing odds to win cash”.

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    • Carighan@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah that shit is like selling heroine specifically to vulnerable people in depressing phases of their life. But wth gambling ads and dark patterns in video games we somehow accept it. 😕

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  • oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well yeah gambling is addicting, the mobile slop companies know that so they try to get people addicted to it. It’s really sad what’s happened to the mobile gaming space, as it’s so heavily dominated by gambling. Hell the entire world is being run over by gambling companies now. It’s a major problem that will have to be addressed at some point soon.

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• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  consumers

  This is very much a pet peeve, but be careful about how you use “consumer” versus “customer”. They each imply completely different power dynamics.

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  • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This guy thinks he’s a “customer”

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    • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe some people, who are an ocean away from me, have been gaslit into thinking they can’t be anything other than a consumer. I know it can be difficult to grasp the concept, but you can refuse a service if the terms are unacceptable. It is possible to go into a transaction with open eyes and full knowledge of the rights granted to you by law.

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      • SolSerkonos@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I just didn’t realize the distinction. TIL, thanks.

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  • warm@kbin.earth ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It's very much consumer these days, people buy literally anything marketed to them.

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    • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Then you should hold yourself to higher standards than “people”.

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      • warm@kbin.earth ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I like to think I hold myself to a higher standard or at least just a standard. General consumption, I'm not sure, but for video games, people standards have dropped significantly, the masses accept a lot of bullshit and even defend it.

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