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China announced new laws to limit microtransactions, affecting major corporations like Tencent. (gamerant.com)
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These laws will ban rewards for spending money within a game for the first time, ban rewards for buying consecutive microtransactions, and ban rewards for daily log-ins.

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[โ€“] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 135 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I would've expected to see something like thus out of the EU rather than China, but at least somebody's making the first move against the predatory monetisation of apps

[โ€“] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago

If China's plan is successful, other countries will follow suit.

PS: RIP my free intertwined fates in Gaming (Jiaming) Impact.

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