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[–] ech@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Kind of". Exploitation is the whole game. I linked to some videos in another comment that dug into it (https://lemm.ee/comment/20719563).

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's been years since I read about it, so I didn't want to come across like I knew more than I did. And maybe they're better now, was my thought. But the stuff I've read since this morning says otherwise.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

A few years ago I posted in a reddit advice thread about how I banned my kid from roblox because of that exploitation-by-design and everyone freaked the fuck out at me and told me I was a terrible person.