One of the key points of that Fishing for Whales presentation from however many years ago was that harassment is profitable, because in a freemium economy the people using default skins can be browbeaten in to making skin purchases to avoid that harassment. I have very little doubt that part of the reason they wanted voice chat on for everyone was so that everyone would be able to push each other in to more sales.
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One of the key points of that Fishing for Whales presentation from however many years ago was that harassment is profitable, because in a freemium economy the people using default skins can be browbeaten in to making skin purchases to avoid that harassment. I have very little doubt that part of the reason they wanted voice chat on for everyone was so that everyone would be able to push each other in to more sales.