[mmacvicarprett]

I sounds to me that when you say that many people end up spending totally crazy amounts for their income and essentially ruin their life you are just referring to anecdotes (kid using mom phone with activated credit card and no protections), what makes you think this is a real and big problem?

[Al-Khwarizmi]

I play a mobile game with loot boxes (although I don't buy them myself) and I am a frequent user of community forums where players talk about the game. Stories about people with modest income spending thousands a month, and sometimes losing their partner for this reason, are very common. Often a thread comes up on the matter and many people chime in with stories of that kind.

Of course, it's still anecdotes. It's impossible to have actual data, as obviously the developers aren't going to give us statistics on how many people are spending unhealthy amounts of money in the game. But my impression (and the impression of most players I know) is that it's quite widespread, and I'm not talking about kids, but adults that just don't know when to stop.

[Can_Not]

> what makes you think this is a real and big problem?

The average quality of mobile games have plummeted. Most companies have no inventive to make good games when they can legally trick children into gambling.