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[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

As long as you don’t have to use it, its fine to charge money.

Look at the state of gatcha games. Yeah, sure, you technically -can- access all the content without paying, but in practice it's not going to happen in a human lifetime. It isn't that much of a stretch to picture games that are "technically" humanly possible, but so difficult that most people will resort to the AI. Remember the oldschool quarter-eaters in arcades? Same business model but with more steps. I also wouldn't put it past MS to offer "incentives" in the game store for titles with AI integration. Also see the comment upthread about enshittification.

And if you really don't understand the difference between a paid subscription service and a family member, I feel sorry for you.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

And if you really don’t understand the difference between a paid subscription service and a family member, I feel sorry for you.

Why do you have to say something stupid like this? My point is, just because your brother can do it for free is no reason that a service has to be free too. In example my brother can do a lot for me... but I guess at this point the discussion is over.

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I notice you don't bother to address any of my other points, and boldly declare the time for talking to be over. I suspect that's because you can't.