New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve

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GamingBot@lemmy.zip · 4 days ago

New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve

RedWeasel@lemmy.world · edit-2 4 days ago

The gambling line for me would be “Does it cost me financially” to do it or is an option. If I just have to play again, then it isn’t. It could be gambling-like, for example Balatro, but that isn’t actually gambling.