Comment by b65e8bee43c2ed0
8 hours ago
>The authority is also looking into the games’ parental control features, as the default settings lets minors make in-game purchases, play for long periods without restraints, and allow them to chat with others in-game.
is this satire?
No, those are regulations that exist in other countries to keep kids from being gambling zombies. Many countries are adopting limits and controls for minors. South Korea was one of the first as professional gaming requires a license.
Not sure if you have children, but this is exactly what a healthy government regulatory framework looks like.
This is a toxic government regulatory framework. Treating all consumers as suspect children first and foremost not only makes the experience worse but it defeats the purpose it was created for. I shouldn't need to submit my ID every time I want to watch a rated R movie on Netflix or cable. I shouldn't need to scan and submit my face to view a wikipedia article about anatomy. This is the end goal of such suspicious treatment.
The tools currently exist to "protect" children in game. Abdicating your responsibility as a parent is not a problem for the state to solve.
What are you talking about ?
It says that the parental settings (when enabled!) are just letting children do whatever they want by default:
- buying overpriced objects - chat without any restriction online - play without interruption for long time
I think the first one is probably the most poignant: piping children into disguised gambling addiction by default seems like a major fault. Borderline illegal, if you ask me.
It looks a lot like a phony feature "let's add a parental control, it will make people feel like we're trustworthy and bring back more revenue. And please don't disable ingame purchases by default, this is our cash cow".
Cherry picking the foreign company with the deepest pockets for “crimes” every game developer commits these days?
Surely, HN of all places recognizes that the EU fines Meta/MS any time they have a shortfall in their budget.
Considering how much big tech gets for defrauding their customers, even if the EU is only applying fines in bad faith (which they aren't) it is only a drop in the bucket in comparison...
> Surely, HN of all places recognizes that the EU fines Meta/MS any time they have a shortfall in their budget
Am I supposed to be upset at this?
Can you show me the graph that shows the relationship between "EU budget shortfalls" and "Meta/MS fines".
Hey, Donald! Just don’t send tanks. It’s okay with tariffs but tanks are a no no.
Should Apple/Google be liable as platform?
I'm trying to imagine how you envision regulation without going after the biggest individual apps that enable child financial fraud & sexual grooming.
What does healthy parenting look like then?
When did "healthy parenting" become a full-time cybersecurity job with no training, adversaries backed by infinite capital, teams of PhDs optimizing for addiction, and sexual predators from around the globe dialoguing with your child through any glass surface your child can get their hands on?