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1. The actual figure, calculated at https://create.roblox.com/docs/monetize-experiences >, is 67% given to developers, making for a near industry-standard 33% cut.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

2. It's stil a hassle compared to Downloading free Roblox and start playing and having the same experience across devices.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

3. Roblox wins because I can go from typing in roblox.com into my browser and be playing a game with a friend in under 20s

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls”

4. it can be faked and it isn't great to get people - esp kids - in the habit of sharing video of themselves to websites

   Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Ask HN: How do you prevent children from accessing your products?”

5. It's just a different deal with more supportive ways of earning and different parties paying for the same resources.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

6. The big thing my friend said that Roblox has over Fortnight or any other gaming platform is ease of installation.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

7. teenagers make either simple games or free copies of more popular games and then fill them with microtransactions

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “The game industry is broken – can we fix it?”

8. Roblox is mostly trash content form my perspective, but there are definitely gems in terms of playability.

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking”

9. Roblox will be responsible for more people learning programming than essentially any other single entity

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Has early Scratch experience led to fulfilling careers?”

10. playing Roblox got me into game development, and helped to teach me the basics of general programming

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

11. fills the niche for freemium, fun 3D experiences that run on basically any platform or device

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Today's Layoffs”

12. Roblox's economic model has a redistributive nature that isn't common in other economies.

    Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

13. Playing Roblox at age 10 shortly after it launched is what inspired me to learn to code.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “The quixotic team trying to build a world in a 20-year-old game”

14. today's Roblox games tend to be a lot more enlightening, innovative and entertaining

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse”

15. Most of roblox is a trash fire, but there a couple of games that seem pretty fun

    Mixed · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse”

16. I did get my programming interest and grew skills from such a creative platform

    Mixed · Nov 2025 · in “Where do the children play?”

17. Children were already learning to code in school and making things in Roblox.

    Mixed · Jun 2026 · in “I feel like giving up on coding”

18. some companies are making good money off of it (Roblox, Fortnite, MMOs, etc)

    Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “Data centers in space makes no sense”

19. There are a number of Roblox games that are genuinely well-designed and fun

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls”

20. I also credit Roblox extremely heavily in my journey as a software engineer

    Mixed · May 2026 · in “Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings”

21. none of this retroactively applies to the games already frequented by 10M U12's every week, because why would they actually follow the spirit of their own rules if it harms them financially.

    Criticizes · Jun 2026 · in “The UK's Teen Social Media Ban Is Political Theater, Not Child Safety Policy”

22. Roblox is the 2025 equivalent of AOL chat rooms circa 1998. You should assume that a child playing it will encounter the worst of humanity

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox CEO interview about child safety didn't go well”

23. Roblox creates a kids casino, but if you as the parent want a safer, saner experience for your kid you have to navigate endless settings

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “"I'm Embarrassed on Behalf of the Tech Industry"”

24. Roblox games have a shelf life of days, getting to a month or more you either have to produce days worth of content in less than a day

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

25. Nintendo would never turn away money, unless they feel it would damage their reputation as a company you can trust your children with.

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox CEO interview about child safety didn't go well”

26. If they want to create a platform for children gambling and facilitate the payments, yes let's figure out how to send them to prison.

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse”

27. disabling chat is insufficient because some Roblox experiences re-implement their own chat and ignore the parental controls setting

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in New Safety Standard”

28. Roblox is already an experiences cesspool and should have dropped the "every kid should be an entrepreneur" thing a long time ago.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely”

29. I hate Roblox with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns, and wish they and their business model to be utterly destroyed.

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

30. Roblox was one of the earliest games to have their digital currency for sale in corner stores where kids can buy it with cash.

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse”

31. Roblox imposes a certain aesthetic and feel that if you don't like that aesthetic, you're not gonna like any game on Roblox

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “The game industry is broken – can we fix it?”

32. Roblox is, as a company, your standard big org. That is, completely amoral, extracting cash in whatever ways are possible

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox CEO interview about child safety didn't go well”

33. Anyone can make a Roblox game and publish it, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of moderations or verification going on.

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse”

34. Parental controls for Roblox is especially shit. They have games like "Gay Test" and "Femboy Test" marked as All Ages

    Criticizes · Aug 2026 · in “Meta pays pro-Meta influencers when countries look into teen safety on Instagram”

35. The recent introduction of their ID verification system to prevent communication between users outside of specified age buckets, solely in the context of improving child safety, is working

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

36. It would be better if apps didn't do this but if they're going to do it then this is much better than only permitting a Google certified OS.

    Mixed · Jul 2026 · in “Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS”

37. the Roblox platform and economic system are carefully designed so that such abuse is neither profitable nor feasible

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Roblox Is Minting Teen Millionaires”

38. Creating a game in Roblox, designing an outfit in Roblox, or building a game within Minecraft is more interesting.

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “"This Is Not the Computer for You"”

39. I agree roblox is a very shady operation, but that does not erase the fact that their platform is unmatched

    Mixed · Jul 2026 · in “European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS”

40. The thing that made Roblox actually work for kids wasn't the editor, it was that a kid could send a link

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely”