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Microsoft Patents “Ad-Credit” System for PC and Consoles to Serve In-Game Ads During Pause Windows (respawnfirst.com)

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[+] arules@retrofed.com -8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This was what proton+Wine games were always going to end up with: pay thrice to play model.

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[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

lol Not even close to how those work. At all. In any way.

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[–] arules@retrofed.com -2 points 1 month ago*

I am talking about marketers, re Wardogs, [linux] anticheat, etc., not what proton & Wine are.

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