> It used to be that you would buy a game—a piece of software purpose-built to entertain you. Now you are no longer buying a game; you are buying a value extrac

> It used to be that you would buy a game—a piece of software purpose-built to entertain you. Now you are no longer buying a game; you are buying a value extraction device that uses a game as bait. This applies to a lot of things besides games nowadays. A lot of software (and certain hardware - "smart" devices, etc) are built/sold at a loss with the primary objective being to generate "engagement" and/or collect personal data. The functionality of the device is purely there as a bait to get the mark to buy/adopt the software or device and would not be there if there was a way to get the marks to "engage" anyway.