Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoIs that $35 Apple Watch real? How misleading TikTok influencer videos could be the next big headache in e-commercewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down116
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minus-squareDran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·10 months agoIdk, this new generation is growing up without games like RuneScape and EvE. I don’t know where they’re supposed to learn about scams like we all did.
minus-squarewsweg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 months agoInstead they get scammed directly from the game companies! So many kids’ games that have gambling features (look at loot boxes, for example)
minus-squareStreetdog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI grew up with loot boxes in the 80’s we’d just call them happy meals!
minus-squareNovaPrime@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoHey, runescape is still going strong friend
minus-squarehardcoreufo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI got scammed on trade wars as a kid. Saddest day of my young life. Taught me a lesson about Internet security though.
Idk, this new generation is growing up without games like RuneScape and EvE. I don’t know where they’re supposed to learn about scams like we all did.
Instead they get scammed directly from the game companies! So many kids’ games that have gambling features (look at loot boxes, for example)
I grew up with loot boxes in the 80’s we’d just call them happy meals!
Hey, runescape is still going strong friend
I got scammed on trade wars as a kid. Saddest day of my young life. Taught me a lesson about Internet security though.