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[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not allowed to have fun without paying for the privilege.

[–] Lantern@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like you're not allowed to have fun, even if you pay for it.

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Nah they want Mandatory Fun™©®

It's a very specific kind of fun. It needs to be deep enough to hold your attention, but not so deep that you don't drop it even the New Thing releases. It needs to be formulaic so they don't have to spend much money making it. That's the ideal for these corpos.