Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become

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sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

yes, but mobile games now are literally casinos, with research going into making them as addictive as possible to maximise in app purchase and advertisement revenue

source: worked in ad tech for several years, specifically in the mobile gaming industry and cost/ad optimisation. a job I regret ever taking and which feels very scummy in retrospect.

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