[jimmydorry]

And close to 0% of children have credit cards to buy these virtual lootboxes. These mechanisms prey on getting children to beg their parents to spend money.

[smt88]

They don't have to ask their parents first. The parents can link cards. One example, of many: https://www.techspot.com/news/98980-13-year-old-spent-64000-...

[lanfeust6]

This just another way of saying their parents allowed it

[smt88]

It's completely different in practice. A child can't buy $50,000 of cereal in an afternoon.

[lanfeust6]

In practice a parent can easily forego allowing their children to make unsupervised purchases linked to the parent's card! That seems absolutely crazy.