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Roblox
Raised as a usability problem by 21 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2019–2026), in 16 threads.
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Dark patterns push kids into paying for unchosen thingsUnreviewed
20192026- Dark patterns push kids into paying for things they did not choose2026-08-06
- Addictive dark patterns push children to beg parents for Robux purchases2026-05-02
- Dark patterns designed to keep kids hooked and playing2025-11-25
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 20 complaints
- Making Roblox safe for kids requires navigating endless settings and manual oversight2026-10-05
- Dark patterns push kids into paying for things they did not choose2026-08-06
- Addictive dark patterns push children to beg parents for Robux purchases2026-05-02
- Ads cover half the screen and accidental taps open purchase dialogs on mobile2026-03-11
- Gift card value can't be fully redeemed, leaving leftover balance needing another card2026-03-11
- Dark patterns designed to keep kids hooked and playing2025-11-25
- Child bought 300€ of Robux; refund route bounces between Roblox, Google Play and the phone company2025-06-30
- Uses dark patterns and addiction triggers to pull money out of players2024-08-19
- New in-engine app feels clunky, slow and janky to interact with2024-06-20
- Dark patterns that push children into spending, per the commenter2024-04-04
- No way to delete an account; support only says you can stop using it2023-05-22
- Small chunked purchases make real spending hard to notice, using dark patterns on kids2023-05-22
- Hard to find good games among many horrible ones2022-07-07
- Games use dark patterns that push players to spend money to progress2022-07-07
- Captcha puzzles are so hard and time-limited that users give up logging in2022-02-21
- Captcha requires spotting collisions between constantly moving 3D objects, very hard to solve2021-10-01
- Third-person virtual joystick controls on phones feel clunky and painful to use2021-03-09
- No clear link to company page; main site is a signup form with no explanation2020-10-08
- Support takes days to reply and cannot verify a compromised account without the original email2019-08-06
- Purchase buttons placed under game controls so kids hit them accidentally2019-08-06