François Chollet on Twitter: "I don't mind video games, but I draw the line at games with in-app purchases. Those have design incentives that inevitably point towards A/B optimized addictiveness"

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1. Alex‏ @AlexReustle 12 Oct 2020
  Replying to @fchollet
  
  A/B? Surely it's a multi-arm bandit!
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1. vlad.near ‏ @vgrichina 12 Oct 2020
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  I feel like not all IAPs are equal though. Plenty of awesome indie games where IAPs only unlock DLC, e.g. enjoying Polytopia a lot. Sad that there is no separate category for this in stores.
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1. Wolfgang Müller‏ @muellerwHH 12 Oct 2020
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  It works OK, if you vow never to actually buy anything and to stop if grinding is not fun any more.
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1. All.Deep.Learning‏ @AllDeepLearning 12 Oct 2020
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  This is why I told my 9 years old daughter she is not going to get a Nintendo gamepad. In her class, a group of girls have have "announced" they will only play with kids, who have a Nintendo gamepad with premium apps ... this is a middle class area. Welcome to Japan.
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1. Lorah‏ @seekingyaga 12 Oct 2020
  Replying to @fchollet
  
  Not a big gamer but I bought a DS for this reason! Rather pay for game than have them manipulate me into either spending too much money or quit it + feel unsatisfied. Not sure how many others feel like me but the mobile game industry sabotaged themselves by being too aggressive.
  
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1. trylks‏ @trylks 13 Oct 2020
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  Usually, you knew how much a game would cost. Nowadays, with in-app micropayments, the price of a full game may be in the thousands But people pay, because they don't see the pricetag. Hopefully people will learn and this will stop. Currently it is a moral hazard
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1. Itay‏ @TheRandomMtrix 13 Oct 2020
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  some of the machinery relied on keras
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