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Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure there's a black mirror episode on this.

"Open your eyes!"

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

yep, the second episode, Fifteen Million Merits, where the MC is forced to watch aggressive sexual ads or pay to skip in order to just exist in his room in peace

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Drink a verification can.

[–] Goforce5@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

We grow ever closer