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The vast majority of content that entertains people online is just the Nokia Snake Game but for writing or film. Near-zero-value time-wasters. Hard to make it m
by vundercind 2y ago
The vast majority of content that entertains people online is just the Nokia Snake Game but for writing or film. Near-zero-value time-wasters. Hard to make it much worse or ruin it when it’s already worth about as much as used tissue paper. That’s also why I don’t relate to concerns about what might happen to the Web without ad revenue—nearly all of what that pays for has nearly zero value and is easily replaced by plentiful other low-value things.
(Yes, I do include this comment among the low-value junk)
- pimlottc 2y agoThat’s an insult to Nokia Snake. Nokia Snake doesn’t have ads, loot boxes, in-app purchases, collectibles, social media integration or any of dozens of other dark pattern that are practically standard in casual games now.
- vundercind 2y agoOh, it’s not shittified, I just mean it’s a way to pass the time that’s basically interchangeable with tons and tons of other ways to pass the time. That’s most of what people do on the Web, and that’s what most of the content’s for. It’s all solitaire (the real card game) or reading the magazines in the doctor’s waiting room. Just something to do.