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[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

They knew what they were doing. They knew that Minecraft needed a strong competitor in the video game market, and bet big on the 'long game.'

Noticing that you are a parent of a person who plays Roblox, I feel obligated to share two investigative videos about Roblox Corporation practices or lack thereof, the exploitive practices they have to paying third-party in-game content "developers" (that are often kids/tweens/teens), and the issues Roblox have had with pedophiles/adults grooming young people/kidnappings.

The following videos are from People Make Games on Youtube.

Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers

Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.

[Just so we are clear, I am not telling you how to parent your son or person. I am just informing you to the best of my ability, about the issues that have arisen on and off Roblox.]

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Appreciate the heads up. Will watch.

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