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kelseyfrogtoday at 12:23 AM3 repliesview on HN

Help me understand the difference between preying on gambling addicts vs preying on gullible old people to get them to buy $500 in apple store gift cards.


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fc417fc802today at 12:37 AM

Both are scummy but it's not clear how to regulate the latter without huge collateral damage whereas the former is quite straightforward (because there's effectively no societal benefit to begin with).

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sd9today at 12:25 AM

Huh? I don’t think you should do either.