It does doesn't it? If someone chooses to gamble, it's at least better to do so with regulated companies that have to follow the law. The alternative is to gamble illegally, where you might not even get paid odds or payouts.
The world where the gambler stops gambling doesn't exist.
The article says that you win points but there is no way to win money back or get payouts. What is legal is not the same thing as what is moral (and vice versa).
No illegal alternative necessary, the players of this app get zero odds and payouts.
gherkinnn is saying that just because it is legal does not mean that the people behind the company are free of responsibility for the damage their app creates.
> The world where the gambler stops gambling doesn't exist.
Casually ignoring that a large amount of gambling addicts have stopped gambling.
Also, just because people are addicted and it's not illegal doesn't make it morally right. You're still financially benefitting from their addiction.
These online casinos aren't simply complicit in their gambling addiction they are actively fueling it trying to optimize the addictiveness of their platform.
Well that absolves them now, doesn't it?