RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Steam@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoValve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile gameswww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoAge is not what’s wrong with charging money inside video games. Ban the entire business model.
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoTF2 pioneered the modern micro transaction hellscape we’re all stuck with. And it still makes money despite almost a decade without a major update.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 hours agoWe were never going to shop our way out of it. Only legislation will fix this.
Age is not what’s wrong with charging money inside video games.
Ban the entire business model.
TF2 pioneered the modern micro transaction hellscape we’re all stuck with. And it still makes money despite almost a decade without a major update.
We were never going to shop our way out of it.
Only legislation will fix this.