So when they’re kid spends 3000 dollars on vbucks, my first thought is “how the FUCK is that even allowed to happen in the first place???”
I agree but from the perspective of “why is the parent allowing this to happen or not knowing this is happening?” A business exists to make money, the business will never turn you away if you’re trying to pay them. Race, age, gender is not important as long as you have money. It’s not their responsibility to know that the person logged into an account is actually a child and to limit that account’s ability to spend money. That’s up to the parent to not allow the child to buy anything without their permission.
Obviously, sometimes a kid will steal money or your credit card, I mean, they’re kids they usually don’t know better. But that’s a time to sit down with your kid and teach them that stealing is wrong, especially from family, and to put in place discipline that will help the kid to make better choices, etc. But if the kid is routinely stealing from a parent, there are much more significant problems going on there and the most likely cause is parental neglect, or possibly worse.
To me, it just keeps on cycling back to being the parent’s responsibility. Sure, without gambling it would be easier for parents, but gambling is literally never going away, sadly.
Game companies have greasily been pushing the limits of what they can get away with, and it NEEDS to stop.
Yes I agree. Though I worry that this particular lawsuit could cause a problem with legal precedent since the primary issue is so legally unsound. It may bolster the company’s ability to defend against a real lawsuit over predatory business practices. And that is not a future I want to see.
I agree but from the perspective of “why is the parent allowing this to happen or not knowing this is happening?” A business exists to make money, the business will never turn you away if you’re trying to pay them. Race, age, gender is not important as long as you have money. It’s not their responsibility to know that the person logged into an account is actually a child and to limit that account’s ability to spend money. That’s up to the parent to not allow the child to buy anything without their permission.
Obviously, sometimes a kid will steal money or your credit card, I mean, they’re kids they usually don’t know better. But that’s a time to sit down with your kid and teach them that stealing is wrong, especially from family, and to put in place discipline that will help the kid to make better choices, etc. But if the kid is routinely stealing from a parent, there are much more significant problems going on there and the most likely cause is parental neglect, or possibly worse.
To me, it just keeps on cycling back to being the parent’s responsibility. Sure, without gambling it would be easier for parents, but gambling is literally never going away, sadly.
Yes I agree. Though I worry that this particular lawsuit could cause a problem with legal precedent since the primary issue is so legally unsound. It may bolster the company’s ability to defend against a real lawsuit over predatory business practices. And that is not a future I want to see.