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Roblox Studio boss: children making money on the platform isn't exploitation, it's a gift (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

JFC what kind of terrible human do you have to be to say something like

"Like, you can say, 'Okay, we are exploiting, you know, child labour,' right? Or, you can say: we are offering people anywhere in the world the capability to get a job, and even like an income.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also:

"For them, you know, hearing from their experience, they didn't feel like they were exploited! They felt like, 'Oh my god, this was the biggest gift, all of a sudden I could create something, I had millions of users, I made so much money I could retire.' So I focus more on the amount of money that we distribute every year to creators, which is now getting close to like a billion dollars, which is phenomenal."

is the same argumentation about stars. 1 in 10'000 people get this status (I just threw random numbers, don't quote me on that) and the other remaining 9'999 are exploited. So he is justifying exploiting 10k people by gifting one person.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 8 points 7 months ago

Yes indeed. The PMG video they mentioned in the article dives into that aspect. Highly recommend watching if you want details on how fucked up Roblox is. They also did a follow up video that is great