[TeMPOraL]

> Roblox provides opportunities previously unavailable; it is up to the individuals to decide if they are worthwhile to invest time in.

Oh boy. I think we've all heard that many times before. Every exploitative business will use this line as its defense (see e.g. every controversy about employee/contractor status in the gig economy), so taken alone it isn't much of an argument.

For example, individuals can be mislead as to whether the opportunity is worthwhile to invest - with enough trickery and unsophisticated target group (e.g. Joe Random Uberdriver who never before calculated depreciation of their car), the business can exploit people for many years before they wisen up as a group.

[thethirdone]

I think it is important to note that its not the payment model itself that's the issue in those cases. It is instead the marketing that convinces people to engage with it in a way that is harmful / allows them to be exploited.

I would think contractor status can make sense for a small portion of people in the gig economy, but for a lot of people it would not.