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by saiya-jin 1476 days ago
Until they steal their parents credit card, or somebody else's. Addicts tend to di desperate moves. Happened to friends, their son spent half of their montly salary in some stupid mobile game, took too long for them to find out
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Why is that Blizzard’s problem?
Why do you go to jail for selling alcohol to kids?
Because you know that they are kids. Blizzard has no way to know that some players might be kids.
If you don't ask for ID, you don't know for sure - maybe they are adults with impaired growth.
Except they market their games to kids in myriad ways.