Should be better better than just cooking it at 100%, but still not ideal in the long run. Ideally you'd bypass the battery entirely.
It's recommended to keep batteries at around 40-60% for storage while not in use. Not sure if keeping it around there would help when it's in use, but that could be worth looking into if bypassing isn't an option.
Predatory as in they literally employ psychologists to help design them to be as addictive as they can be, then they market it towards kids or at the very least don't really do anything to prevent kids from gambling in them (yeah it's also partially a parenting issue but can't really expect all parents to be tech savvy enough to understand all everything about gaming).
Then there's the other sucky, but just not sucky enough for it to be an illegal side of things: games that these mechanics suck ass and we are getting less and less objectively good games because more and more games seek to make some quick buck by making their games casinos of sorts.
It's only as luxurious as being addicted to cocaine in hopes that the next line will hit like the first one, or in game terms, hoping that the next loot box gets you the skin/character/whatever you wanted and releases that quick dopamine rush. Rinse and repeat.
I guess it makes sense that google lost here, but what doesn't seem to make sense at all, at least for me, is how on earth apple won when on their platform you literally have no other option than to use apples stuff.
Rockstar has a great track record of their trailers being very close to the final game. Just look at any of their trailers and the final game. There's not really any reason to believe it will be different this time.
Gta online was fun at first, when it was all about fooling around in the awesome big map with friends, but after that got old, there's nothing else to do but grind boring missions that all feel the same.
I'll never understand why so many people seem to be afraid of change. To me change is exciting, something new to explore, a chance to learn something new.
Could be useful for an interactive art installation or something alike.