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    I don't quite understand the criticism. It's not gonna be top of the line, but it's more than enough to replace my dying laptop from 2015 that I pretty much only ever use like a desktop anyway. And I can save myself the time and effort of picking parts, building, and dealing with shit not working as expected.

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    [–] DrWorm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    Let's not forget the whole Counter-Strike economy is based on gambling, which I think is also not good, especially because there's a lot of young kids picking that up and becoming gambling addicts, which I think is a net negative for people.

    Edit: People make games did a deep dive on this, as did Coffeezilla did a series on the whole ecosystem.

    [–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

    Oh wow I haven't played since the original Source. I thought you were just talking about how you had to manage an equipment budget in a match. But no, legit gambling scheme with real time and money for what amounts to NFTs that can only be used within Steam's ecosystem.

    [–] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

    Yeah, it's a bit of a black mark on valve however I imagine it prints a lot of money and they seem reticent to put an end to it.