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Just stop buying their product. Advertising is very much an assault on the user. It's tolerated today, but let's call it what it is; brainwashing, exploitation
by underlogic 2y ago
Just stop buying their product.
Advertising is very much an assault on the user. It's tolerated today, but let's call it what it is; brainwashing, exploitation, manipulation, theft.
- tjpnz 2y agoSame goes for the gambling mechanics they build into their games. What they planned to do with Star Wars Battlefront 2 was the final straw for me and I've been happily boycotting them ever since.
- Cheer2171 2y ago> Just stop buying their product. The business model for the most popular games now is that they are free to download and play, but they monetize through loot boxes and aesthetic skins. And now ads. Like with news, it is hard to compete with free+ads.
- RetroTechie 2y agos/buying/using Ad impressions alone might pay for a product you threw $0 at. Hate ad-infested games? Then don't buy OR play those, period.
- beefnugs 2y agoI wish we as consumers had better collaboration tools for this. They always do this "testing the waters" shit where they put out news like this, and if we all just had the will power to not complain, wait until they do it, and fuck right off from buying anything from the company after they have shot themselves in the foot: there would be much better effect in really hurting them. But as of now, they can just push the limits slowly and easily and look at how much public whining happens to gauge if they can get away with it