Apple Says Apps Must Now Disclose Odds For Loot Boxes (kotaku.com)

Apple has revised the guidelines for its App Store, including a provision that loot boxes must be transparent about their odds. "Apps offering 'loot boxes' or other mechanisms that provide randomized virtual items for purchase must disclose the odds of receiving each type of item to customers prior to purchase," reads the new rule, which will affect the most popular games on iOS, including Hearthstone, The Simpsons Tapped Out, and Clash Royale. Kotaku reports: Loot boxes, which have always been common in the world of iOS gaming, are virtual grab bags that can give players a host of items ranging from common to rare. Most of the time, you can buy these loot boxes not just for in-game currency but for real money, which has led some players to classify them as gambling -- a label that the Entertainment Software Rating Board doesn't acknowledge. As rage over these practices gets louder and louder, Apple's move is the first of what may be many steps that game publishers and distributors voluntarily take in an attempt to avoid regulation from outside bodies.

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Apple should disclose odds for their hardware bugs

[JoeyRox]

And the odds they'll attempt to hide those bugs in software releases that compromise the performance and usability of their phones.

Regulating your next computer game

[AHuxley]

So now big brands and big gov will enforce more SJW conduct on computer games?
Only SJW know what a person playing a game should see and will be educated in game with.
Today its "disclose" a "type of item".

What will SJW demand games to do next?
Type of plot?
Type of character the gamer plays?
The look of the character. The art work.
The music.
Any use of other language and culture in game.
Type of character the gamer sees in game?
A set amount of different characters for a game to be sold?
No plot on what a faith, cult or religion teaches in game?
Language and pronouns used in games?

Time to ensure games can be played and networked outside of big gov and big OS SJW gatekeepers.
If you are creating a game know the SJW won't stop with "type of item". SJW want to push their party politics into all new games with big OS and big gov support.