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by 613style 780 days ago
> That's a pretty extreme interpretation. Anyone who downloads the IDE can create and publish a game. If kids are using the tool, making fun games, and sharing them with other people, than I think that's a good thing.

It sounds like you might be lacking some context on this. Here's an article with more details: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/09/the-trouble-wi...

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"The trouble with Roblox, the video game empire built on child labour"

Good grief, the article profiles 3 young developers who had to deal with serious problems but still falls short of "built on child labo(u)r".

Just more clickbait garbage.

You have company built around user generated content made mostly by children that they sell and the company takes 70% cut.

Just clickbait no issues there lol.

https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/96_how_roblox_exploits_c...