Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits

[u/screwdriverfan]

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/microsoft-patents-system-to-freeze-games-and-inject-ads-during-downtimes-watching-commercials-earns-ad-free-playtime-credits

[u/lolschrauber]

It's absolutely insane how corporations think every fucking second of your life should be ad-time.

[u/computaSaysYes → u/lolschrauber]

If everyone despises ads and does not buy the crap product they are exposed to...why do the corporations keep insisting on the ads being seen? There must be proof that the ads work and are worth making the majority of users despise them.

[u/ZeusHatesTrees → u/computaSaysYes]

It's because they DO work. Most people are kinda dumb and just go with what they see and hear. Name recognition means the simplest people will "have heard of that product before" (It was an ad) and buy it instead of something else.

[u/Kiriima → u/computaSaysYes]

Ads work, full stop.

[u/General_Mars → u/lolschrauber]

Capitalism

[u/MKZZX → u/General_Mars]

I like advertising though because it lets me know what I'm supposed to want to buy

[u/aVarangian → u/General_Mars]

...Steam is also capitalism

[u/cloud24 → u/aVarangian]

Redditor seems to disagree with a comment but also refuses to elaborate. More news at 11.

[u/aVarangian → u/cloud24]

Redditor can't interpret text beyond that which is literally written.

[u/cloud24 → u/aVarangian]

You’ve now said more about my reading comprehension than why Steam supports your point.

[u/aVarangian → u/cloud24]

No, I have written more but said less than

[u/Unc1eD3ath → u/aVarangian]

“Ah, you criticize society yet live in it.” Fucking genius here guys

[u/hehepout → u/lolschrauber]

Time is money