Comment on Microsoft patent describes in-game advertising triggered by boss fights, loading screens, and cutscenes

• lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why? Because I accept that businesses exist to make money, not out of the goodness of their hearts?

  Yes, there’s no reason you need to carry water for them. These dipshits shouldn’t be able to find a single comment online supporting their behavior. They should feel shitty and worthless about what they’re doing every second of their miserable existence. Companies can make plenty of money without enshittifying every single aspect of our lives.

  If you think a system or game is predatory, the solution is simple: stop supporting it. If enough people actually vote with their wallets, companies are forced to change because it hurts their bottom line. Throwing tantrums online doesn’t change basic economic incentives, consumer behavior does

  Sure, and I have a lower threshold for it than most but these companies will keep tightening the screws forever because there will always be new people coming in where the current level of bullshit is normal and they can push those people even further. My resistance to it alone accomplishes nothing.

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  • Kyunw@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You make a really fair point about how shifting baselines can normalize bad practices over time.

    My main reason for leaning so heavily against that original post was that they were telling people to off themselves just for wanting to make money. Corporate monetization might be annoying, but suggesting suicide over it is way out of line.

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  • Kyunw@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh, I just realized you’re the original commenter XD

    Why didn’t you lead with a reasonable argument in the first place, rather than suggesting self-harm or dismissing other points of view? I actually agree with you on the domino effect, even though it doesn’t really change my core view that businesses naturally try to milk it

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because I want them to kill themselves.

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      • Kyunw@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        People like you are the reason everything is getting worse all the time. Keep your worthless opinions to yourself.

        Maybe you should apply your advice to yourself on this one.

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• Sordid_Seraphim@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “If you hate the US you should move”-ass take.

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  • Kyunw@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    i think its more like “if you hate the hotel service you should move”

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