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    2 months ago

    Coffeezilla did a 3-part series about how CS2 skin gambling is flourishing and hooking children as young as 12 and Valve is profiting from its inaction to crack down on it.

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        2 months ago

        Buying them randomly and being able to trade them is the a distinct decision and it powers this industry. They could shut this off immediately if they wanted to, but they profit from it.

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          2 months ago

          So we take away the market functionality from all players because 3rd party sites misuse it for gambling?

          What a dumbshit take, sorry to say.

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            2 months ago

            The only thing that’s dumbshit is your simplistic understanding of how the world works and how these systems interplay

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              2 months ago

              Ah yes, lets blame an unrelated platform instead of the ones that are abusing it.

              Bold of you to call me simplistic lmaooo.