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The circle of life (lemmy.ml)
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[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol this is how I explained it to my wife. Like how arcades all have these money cards now.

[–] tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

basically the same mechanism. I'm heavily assuming they actually took inspo from the game industry

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So gross. Obfuscation of currency so you have no clue how much you're actually spending. aka gambling imo.