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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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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

They patented so we can't get games with mechanics like this for two decades, right? They did this to protect us, right? Right? ...