Just the mods

Yes they are telling you tomorrow.

Some derivatives aim to lower the risk, so the active decision to buy it would be to ungamble then? Or is it just gambling wyen you choose not to buy it?

Do you have insurance on your house or do you gamble that it will be fine without it?

Exactly! Which is why it is mad trying to outlaw or frown upon “gambling” with stocks.

There are many great wxamples in this thread already of why derivatives are necessary to a functioning society.

They don’t, as others have pointed out. It’s just a standard single board computer with some addons and a case.

I disagree. That’s like saying insurance shouldn’t be allowed.

Highly regulated would be anotheratter though.

I think you have a very specific definition of gambling which I don’t share. To me, gambling is much broader. Wikipedia summarizes it well:

“Gambling thus requires three elements to be present: consideration (an amount wagered), risk (chance), and a prize.”

That’s it. It doesn’t make an opinion whether the bet is fair. There doesn’t have to be a casino involved at all. It also doesn’t require you to put “most or your life savings” into it for it to be gambling.

I think you are conflating high risk, high stakes and even the precence of a casino into the same concept and call it gambling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling

And micro transactions

Most companies have adapted to that by now. The raise the orice for (at least) rhirty days so that it still looks legit.

The one in your example seems like a failure at that.

You are arguing against yourself. In the first paragraph you say that the parents should keep kids from social media.

In the second, you say that it would be a violation of privacy if parents would keep kids from social media.

Kids need policing, it’s going to need to be done by the parents no matter what the laws are. Personally, I don’t think the laws matter much in this regard.

There’s an app called ‘buycott’ that does exactly that!