The ones on Netflix are premium games without ads.
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Yavandril@programming.dev 15 hours ago
Sounds like attempts to further drive engagement - every second you spend on a platform matters for them, as it gives them more time to show you ads and earn money. Its not enough to manipulate via algorithms designed to invoke an emotional response in you, now its time to trick you into staying longer by progressing in games, getting coins, achievements or other shiny stuff.
yesman@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
yup, even rideshares are doing this with “octopus” tablets.
calliope@retrolemmy.com 14 hours ago
I don’t go to bars but I vaguely remember seeing bar-top digital games at some point too.
I can’t remember when this was, I just remember being flabbergasted that someone might pay to play a bejeweled knockoff or something.
AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
i played a few of these bartops. they were intentionally very hard for short playtimes, and were a bit too expensive too play a lot. it kinda seemed like it was there to get money very few times out of very few people.
as a huge nerd who plays games at bars, the bartops were not good, heh. barcades and pinball halls are much more fun.