• @msage@programming.dev
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    110 months ago

    But market determines value based on demand/supply. And if you unload too much supply into the world, the price will drop. I have no clue why people try to argue that regulating this will change anything.

    Remove it all, sure. But regulating the odds won’t do a single thing. Unless you don’t like super-rare items, that is about the only thing that regulations can change.

    • @EvokerKing@lemmy.world
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      110 months ago

      The larger problem is the presence of children and other young people using it to gamble. Check my other comment to see what I mean with a first hand account of it.

      • @msage@programming.dev
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        110 months ago

        Look, my point is: we should just ban any gambling. It never does any good, any regulations and taxes end up being paid by the poorest ones. Children or not, just stop it altogether.

          • @msage@programming.dev
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            110 months ago

            What’s the point?

            Fun? Please, casino games are hilarously bad.

            Money? It takes from the poor, and even those who win end up wasting it away.

            Thrill? I hope not.

            So why? Money laundering? Data collection?