New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve

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GamingBot@lemmy.zip · 3 months ago

Chozo@fedia.io · 3 months ago

Valve’s argument isn’t in defense of free speech, it’s in defense of Gabe’s next yacht.