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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 10 days ago

Epic fined €1.1M over manipulating children through in app purchases

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Epic fined €1.1M over manipulating children through in app purchases

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 10 days ago
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Maker Fortnite vangt bot bij rechter, moet boete betalen voor manipuleren kinderen
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Volgens de Autoriteit Consument en Markt worden kinderen in het spel gemanipuleerd om geld uit te geven.

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  • audaxdreik@pawb.social
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    Oh no, €1.1M?! That’ll take a whole 90 minutes to earn back!

  • PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social
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    How much does Epic make in a year from those IAPs? Yeah this is pocket change to them. They’ve already accounted for these fines when setting the microtransaction prices.

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    Now do Roblox

  • Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world
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    Oh no, can they afford to pay  0.00489% of their worth? In another words $0.01 per child they manipulated.

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