That’s not the point I was making in the post. I was just showing what was happening with it. I’ve also been a paid subscriber to it on and off; my gripe with it is that it already takes about 5 to 10 minutes to queue into the service (Priority queue for paying ofc), but with this new system it will only start to add you to the queue after you watch the pre-rolls. If it played them while you were stuck in queue, that’d be no big issue to me.
He is short and plump with fair skin, bright blue eyes, a big nose, and a thick dark-brown mustache. He wears a red cap with an “M” logo, a red long-sleeved shirt, blue overalls with yellow buttons, white gloves, and brown shoes. He is often seen jumping and stomping....
I literally got a movie called “Cocaine Shark” like last month because of the title alone lol. It’s a terrible movie, but hey, it’s about a killr shark high on coke.
… That’s not the point here. The point is that they decided that if they launched the in-game shop at the same time as the game’s initial release that they would get a bunch of bad reviews. This is worrying mainly for the fact that if they had this train of thought, that means that it must be super predatory.
It’s the “Kids Online Safety Act”. Basically it’s using the old “think of the children!” move, but in reality conservatives are trying to push anything queer back into the dark.
Sources: Borderlands Studio Will Escape The Most Divisive Company In Gaming (kotaku.com)
EA's Next Battlefield Game Will Also Have a Free-to-Play Battle Royale (insider-gaming.com)
Nvidia GeForce Now is putting video ads before play sessions on their free tier (sh.itjust.works)
This is just peak enshittification at this point.
Weekly what have you been playing discussion - week of February, 26th, 2024
Just a plumber wearing a red cap (feddit.uk)
He is short and plump with fair skin, bright blue eyes, a big nose, and a thick dark-brown mustache. He wears a red cap with an “M” logo, a red long-sleeved shirt, blue overalls with yellow buttons, white gloves, and brown shoes. He is often seen jumping and stomping....
Do what you love (lemmy.world)
Could it be that I just have horrible taste? No, it's the market that's wrong! (lemmy.today)
Epic Games Store 2023 Year in Review (store.epicgames.com)
[Reddit] Tekken 8 is adding a MTX Tekken Shop weeks after release to dodge lower review scores. The ESRB rating is updated post release to accommodate in-game purchases. (old.reddit.com)
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Lurkers be like (lemmy.world)
I'm calling the police (lemmy.world)
Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users (www.techspot.com)
Don't cut yourself on that edge (startrek.website)
A perfectly normal warning on Instagram. KOSA is going to be perfectly fine... 🔥🔥🐶☕🔥🔥 (lemmy.ml)
Source: reddit.com/…/searching_for_halo_on_instagram/
Average website visit in 2024 (i.imgur.com)
They Ate The First Baseman (discuss.online)
We can't have legitimate consumer reviews interfering with our profits, now can we? (lemmy.world)
An ad that showed up as I was browsing through the news. Bloody ridiculous…
Anybody else have this disorder like me?