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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4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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fc417fc802 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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).

	▲	gus_massa 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If we totaly forbid gift cards, which is the huge colleteral damage? If you want to send $500 to John, just write a check in USA or bank transfer in the rest of the world.

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sd9 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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