[yurishimo]

I don’t think anyone has anything against Roblox as a sandbox game, but your glossing over of the predatory monetization is the real issue most people have with the game.

For tech literate parents, setting a spending limit is easy enough and we understand how these games are engineered to be addicting. But for the normies, they don’t know how it works and how to set appropriate limits. Personally, I think kids games with such heavy monetization should be outlawed. The pseudo-gambling aspects of these games is also highly problematic and we see this playing out now as sports gambling and crypto speculation are off the charts in our society with young adults.

[paulryanrogers]

It is amazing how gambling has so thoroughly infiltrated the US. When my older brother was young the cartoons could not have (or consist of) toy commercials, and often included at least a token moral lesson. Now my kids see games and YouTube channels that are filled with thinly veiled gambling tricks. MrBeast has shamelessly built an empire on it. (His charity washing not withstanding.)