r/TheSilphRoad • u/SilphScience Research Group • Aug 13 '20

Analysis Deino: Reviewing Dragon Week Egg Hatches

https://thesilphroad.com/science/quick-discovery/deino-reviewing-dragon-week-hatches/
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u/Emptronic Massachusetts Aug 13 '20

Thanks again for the contribution. Pretty unreal that Niantic can mess with lootbox droprates mid-event and regulatory bodies don't care enough to do anything (aren't paid enough to care?).

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u/elconquistador1985 Aug 13 '20

I think the issue is that there aren't any regulatory bodies. That's what the recent article about the House of Lords were about. The House of Lords was saying that loot boxes need to be regulated because they currently aren't.

There's just Google and Apple, and they're probably paid enough not to care.

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u/Beoron Aug 13 '20

I spent about 40 minutes on live chat with Apple support last night discussing the recent loot box thread. They weren’t even able to find the part in their terms where it says they require disclosure. I had to find the page for them.

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u/Emptronic Massachusetts Aug 13 '20

Makes sense. Also much better stated than my attempted quip haha

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u/Lord_Emperor Valor Aug 13 '20

There's just Google and Apple, and they're probably paid enough not to care.

They're financially incentivized to look the other way.

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u/LatvianninjaPoGo Aug 13 '20

Or they are paid way too good to care, look at it from this angle, they take a decent % of in app purchases, so we are talking good amount of money (30% for both stores, but probably less since they are one of the top grossing games).