Proponents of child labour would always claim it was a gift, or provides underage workers with an economic advantage. The reality is that companies like this thrive on exploiting desperate people trying hard to improve their circumstances. The law in the west says you can't get kids to work - and there are good historical reasons for this legislation if people are prepared to look. Horrific examples in fact. Just because this isn't happening up a chimney, down a mine, or in a cotton mill, doesn't make it any better. It is still displacing vital time for kids to learn and adjust to society properly, as well as enough leisure time to ensure their physical health is not put at detriment (musculo-skeletal).
At a 30% cut it sounds like exploitation all around, no matter what your age as a developer. But child labour is the worst part.
I'm sure there are a couple of nice examples for Roblox to use, but how much does the average developer get? How much time do they put in. Is it therefore compliant with minimum wage laws more widely?
There are also other issues. Perhaps those in not well off countries or communities are chasing money any way they can to make sure their families can eat, instead of spending time in education to improve their future prospects. One day Roblox will be dead and buried. Then what for these people, once they are past state education age? The owness and cost on education to retrain will be put back on to them.
If roblox are serious about bringing people out of poverty then find better ways to make that happen than child labour. Support kids, don't sacrifice their futures for the moribund aim of ever higher profits...
All the big console companies need to start thinking clearly about consumers. We are in a cost of living crisis. Is now really the time to be charging full price for between generation upgrades? Developers aren't even utilising the current PS5 hardware properly. Why is PlayStation doubling down on this instead of working with developers to support basic features of the console, like gyro, adaptive triggers, as well as bringing its whole classic catalogue to the gamepass etc. I won't be buying the pro model. And as someone who bought a PS5 less than a year ago, it feels like a kick in the teeth.
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Re: Roblox Boss Insists Payment Model Not Child Labour Exploitation, Says It's a 'Gift'
Proponents of child labour would always claim it was a gift, or provides underage workers with an economic advantage. The reality is that companies like this thrive on exploiting desperate people trying hard to improve their circumstances. The law in the west says you can't get kids to work - and there are good historical reasons for this legislation if people are prepared to look. Horrific examples in fact. Just because this isn't happening up a chimney, down a mine, or in a cotton mill, doesn't make it any better. It is still displacing vital time for kids to learn and adjust to society properly, as well as enough leisure time to ensure their physical health is not put at detriment (musculo-skeletal).
At a 30% cut it sounds like exploitation all around, no matter what your age as a developer. But child labour is the worst part.
I'm sure there are a couple of nice examples for Roblox to use, but how much does the average developer get? How much time do they put in. Is it therefore compliant with minimum wage laws more widely?
There are also other issues. Perhaps those in not well off countries or communities are chasing money any way they can to make sure their families can eat, instead of spending time in education to improve their future prospects. One day Roblox will be dead and buried. Then what for these people, once they are past state education age? The owness and cost on education to retrain will be put back on to them.
If roblox are serious about bringing people out of poverty then find better ways to make that happen than child labour. Support kids, don't sacrifice their futures for the moribund aim of ever higher profits...
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About the PS5 Pro?
All the big console companies need to start thinking clearly about consumers. We are in a cost of living crisis. Is now really the time to be charging full price for between generation upgrades? Developers aren't even utilising the current PS5 hardware properly. Why is PlayStation doubling down on this instead of working with developers to support basic features of the console, like gyro, adaptive triggers, as well as bringing its whole classic catalogue to the gamepass etc. I won't be buying the pro model. And as someone who bought a PS5 less than a year ago, it feels like a kick in the teeth.