• SplashJackson@lemmy.ca
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    21 days ago

    Is this fucking real? Get fucked, mainstream media, if this is the case. Plenty of books and old games to keep me occupied until Alzheimers hits, and then occupied again afterwards

    • towerful@programming.dev
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      21 days ago

      This isn’t mainstream media.
      This is capitalism.

      This is a company making a product, selling it for a given price, then making additional money from embedded ads.
      Whether that ad revenue is additional profit, or to offset the actual cost of the item - because the sold it at a loss to beat their competitors - doesn’t really matter.
      This is the consumer paying for something, and not getting a full and complete product