▲ 427 ▼ New York sues Valve for 'letting children and adults illegally gamble' with loot boxes (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 8 months ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 158 comments fedilink hide all child comments The lawsuit aims to "stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York\u2019s laws."
[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Setting precedent is important. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 point 8 months ago* Well, this precedent is going to end up helping all the pro-rootkit companies a lot. Here's hoping GoG still stays on its own tracks. And when they end up doing EA and others, they will get no more than a few million in fine. Although, I am now interested in knowing the extend of these "ill-gotten gains" Valve has.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 point 8 months ago* Well, this precedent is going to end up helping all the pro-rootkit companies a lot. Here's hoping GoG still stays on its own tracks. And when they end up doing EA and others, they will get no more than a few million in fine. Although, I am now interested in knowing the extend of these "ill-gotten gains" Valve has.. permalink fedilink source parent