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News broke this week that YouTube has been demonetizing videos featuring the game Balatro to protect kids from "gambling". I've been thinking about it a lot this week. Is a game like this gambling? Where do we draw the line on protecting kids from bad gaming mechanics?
https://somegadgetguy.com/2025/04/11/is-balatro-gambling-maybe-i-have-this-all-wrong/

#tech #technology #gaming #videogames #geek #gambling #video #youtube #PCGaming

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah this is messed up. YouTube is definitely messing with this topic. Searching with my alt account, it wouldn't show under "balatro". I had to use the whole title exactly for it to pop up. Apparently, TALKING about the issue is enough for YT to mute you.

I HATE playing that stupid game of rotating thumbnails and changing titles, but I've tried shaking this up. It still hasn't hit .5% of my subscriber count.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vJjHbMMhqg
YouTube actively interrupts the relationship between creator and audience. I dont know why I bother anymore...