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How computer games encourage kids to spend cash | Gaming companies use behavioural psychology to manipulate users into spending (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[โ€“] Zorque@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Ah yes, the games are the problem, not the system in which they are created.

It's the video games that are the problem. Clearly.

[โ€“] ilmagico@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's the video games makers really, not video games as a whole. There are ways to make video games without getting kids to spend their parents' money.

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