Comment on EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again

• CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  EA is on my boycott list since Origin & ME3. ¯_ (ツ)_/¯

  How many of those have in-game ads though?

  There’s a history of pushing back against adding ads into games, that’s different than boycotting the company overall. One can be successful, when another is not.

  And having said that, one could even argue that their desperation to make money by putting ads into games (again) is not just about keeping the shareholders happy, but also because of people having boycotted them over the years, depriving them of additional income. You may be making more of a stand than you realize.

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  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I'm saying there's not really anything more I can do when it comes to EA. The company is already completely down the shitter for me and they're the ones who would have to gain my trust back. That's the only possible development.
    The problem is that many people don't have a similar spine for actual principles like this, and the majority of people simply don't even care. That's why this rotten company is not just still a thing, but continues to do what they've done for the last couple decades.

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    • CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m saying there’s not really anything more I can do when it comes to EA.

      You are already doing your part. Thank you, citizen.

      But, you can also vocalize to the others, especially the younger generation, that things like ads in games can be pushed back against successfully, as it has in the past. That they don’t have to put up with crap, or think they can’t push back against the monolithic corporation, because its been done before, successfully.

      Hell, EA was one of those companies that tried ads in games before, and had to retreat from the pushback from customers.

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