The government has spent nearly three years on plans to regulate the use of loot boxes
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“Are you 18?”

“Yes”

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Or the unsettling alternative: “are you 18?” “Yes” “Prove it”

P03 Locke
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US states are already testing that option with disastrous results.

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Didn’t the UK govt already try that with a gaming ID that went nowhere?

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Oh, is this just for kids? That’s the worst option since it means checking and privacy invasion.

I’d rather they just flat out ban them. Loot boxes never make anything better.

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Pretty much, I didn’t see much in the way of actual solutions in the article.

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