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Roblox Studio boss: children making money on the platform isn't exploitation, it's a gift

Roblox Studio head Stefano Corazza says that the game doesn't exploit children, and is instead "a gift".

Roblox remains a gigantic phenomenon, boasting monthly player numbers of over 200 million - close to double the entirety of Steam - and a pattern of growth that defies the recent struggles of the wider games industry. At this point the PR present during the interview added that "the vast majority of people that are earning money on Roblox are over the age of 18". They learn Lua scripting," a programming language, "which is pretty close to Python - you can get a job in the tech industry in the future, and be like, 'Hey, I'm a programmer,' right?

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