Chill Dude 69 to memes@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agoSometimes I forget they even allow this. Finish the fucking thing before adding extra shit. How can an unfinished thing even have extra shit?lemmynsfw.comimagemessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up1871arrow-down190file-text
arrow-up1781arrow-down1imageSometimes I forget they even allow this. Finish the fucking thing before adding extra shit. How can an unfinished thing even have extra shit?lemmynsfw.comChill Dude 69 to memes@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agomessage-square220fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChill Dude 69OPlinkfedilink0•1 year agoDid I mention the fact that you can pay thousands of real-world dollars for a not-real spaceship? Do you need any other fucking definition of a scam?
minus-square@WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoThat’s what’s called a microtransaction. Sure, the prices are insane, but that doesn’t make it a scam.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿linkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoMicro transactions in games are scams by default.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿linkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 year ago noun - a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation If you design a game with psychologists to maximize serotonin hits instead of gameplay and then charge money to keep getting a hit is, by definition, a deceptive act, and ergo – scam.
minus-square@WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•edit-21 year agoUsing that line of reasoning, any form of advertising can be considered a scam as well. There is no real deception involved here, it’s pretty clear what people are paying for.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿linkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year ago any form of advertising can be considered a scam as well. Oh baby now you’re getting on my wavelength and the depths I’ll go to avoid being advertised at.
minus-square@WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•1 year agoYeah, advertising sucks, but you can’t just change the definition of a scam to fit your purposes.
How is it a scam?
Did I mention the fact that you can pay thousands of real-world dollars for a not-real spaceship?
Do you need any other fucking definition of a scam?
That’s what’s called a microtransaction. Sure, the prices are insane, but that doesn’t make it a scam.
Micro transactions in games are scams by default.
Not by definition, at least
If you design a game with psychologists to maximize serotonin hits instead of gameplay and then charge money to keep getting a hit is, by definition, a deceptive act, and ergo – scam.
Using that line of reasoning, any form of advertising can be considered a scam as well.
There is no real deception involved here, it’s pretty clear what people are paying for.
Oh baby now you’re getting on my wavelength and the depths I’ll go to avoid being advertised at.
Yeah, advertising sucks, but you can’t just change the definition of a scam to fit your purposes.