▲ 318 ▼ Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 month ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago (3 children) I'm pretty sure there's a black mirror episode on this. "Open your eyes!" permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Drink a verification can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Goforce5@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago We grow ever closer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Drink a verification can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Goforce5@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago We grow ever closer permalink fedilink source parent