More info on the Act and context: https://www.digital-fairness-act.com/
YouTube video info: "The Law Finally Caught Up, EVERY AAA Is In Trouble" by Bellular News. (the preview for some reason is coming up in German for me, sorry no idea why if it is for you too - the video is in English).
The video talks about how the Act will affect mostly AAA title's use of digital game currency and loot boxes, namely that the act will 'disallow' things like buying lump sum amounts of game currency instead of just spending the exact amount of game currency on an in game purchase, dark patterns 'encouraging' or tricking people into spending on game currency/loot boxes, limited time deals, etc.
Disclaimer: I don't live in the EU and I don't completely understand the full implications of this or if it would affect Frontier and ED at all.
So in terms of ED, Frontier possibly wouldn't be allowed to sell ARX as a bulk lot and instead you would just pay for the amount of ARX needed for a paint job or whatever.
Personally I find having to buy set amounts vaguely annoying and yes there are times I wish I could just purchase the exact amount required but I usually only buy things when there's a sale so I'm usually buying a bunch of stuff at once anyway.
What are your thoughts on how this could (if at all) affect the ARX store and Frontier commanders?
FD are based in the UK and so technically don't have to comply. However, their games are sold in the EU so they do have to comply at least within the EU. Hopefully they extend it to the rest of the world though.
There are two ways they can do this. Add a "buy" button and a "buy with arx button" or allow arx to be spent as a store credit (like a steam wallet) so you don't have to buy more arx for the miniscule amount you earn while playing to be useful, I think this is the less likely option though, because money.
That idea means, I need a payment method at Frontier. Currently I buy Arx through Steam.
But what would this mean for the Arx you earn during gameplay?