• ladicius@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You’re right. The definition of a whale includes that he has enough money to not complain about any price at all.

    Except complaining is his kink… Then he gets double the satisfaction from his payments.

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      1 day ago

      Whales aren’t people who can afford whatever, so they spend whatever. Whales are people invested enough that the perceived value added is more than the money it costs. Most whales, therefore, are regular people who are addicted to the game rather than moneybags who could easily afford it. So yeah, it does smell of victim blaming. We should be calling out the bad business practice, rather than calling out those being victimized by the bad business practice.

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      A whale doesn’t need enough money not to complain. The tactics used to attract whales are meant to build or take advantage of addictions. When I was drinking I would regularly complain about the cost of alcohol yet still spend much more than I could afford on it