A new report argues that Roblox's success is built on exploiting young game developers, many of them children, making content for the game. (From 2021)
Smith believes this setup disincentivizes users from withdrawing Robux. They’re devalued off-platform, so why not spend them on other’s currency to mining camps’ company scrips, a now-illegal currency used by miners to purchase goods at company stores. Miners were encouraged to spend their money on their employers’ goods because, elsewhere, the scrip was moot.
’s gargantuan valuation and outstanding success is in part due to the number of children hoping to strike a vein of gold making games. Children can’t organize for better working conditions, though; in fact, adults in the games industry are having trouble reaching“Kids working too hard with unreasonable expectations isn’t bad for the company. This is the heart of’s success,” says Smith in the video.
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