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[–] ech@lemm.ee 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

PeopleMakeGames has a great video about how Roblox makes money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ

And the followup when they got heat from roblox in response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 50 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Spoiler: it's child exploitation

[–] ech@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Should definitely still watch the videos. The full extent of the exploitation is sickening.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The best kid of exploitation.

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Holy smokes I had a bad gut feeling from the little I had seen of the game and some comments others have made but I had no idea the extent of the company’s depravity. Thank you so much for posting the videos these were very helpful.

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A lead Roblox dev went to prison recently for locking up children in his basement. It's actually crazy how far you have to dig to find this news. But he got two life sentences

Anyone remember Shedletsky? Yeah that's him