Love me some Brave...I use Firefox when that has issues though.
AlternatePersonMan
joined 2 years ago
The problem is that they always want more. It's not enough to make money. So the ads and intrusive garbage gets worse and worse until we reach an unusable nightmare.
TV shows have banner ads during the show. Everyone wants to send you notifications. Even cars are starting to have ads on their screens.
It's exhausting.
My mind boggles at this.
- Netflix was already charging per screen, so there really were never any free loaders.
- This represents a massive price jump for most users.
- Now if you want to use the service on the go, you basically can't.
- There is a bunch of competition now
I just get so tired of everyone rolling over and taking whatever mega corporations dish out. I would have thought on a non-essential service would be easy to push back against. Clearly I was wrong. Now every other service will see this as an opportunity.
Sometimes I hate people.
I've thought about this before, and you're definitely right that games are technically cheaper when you factor in inflation. However, they sell to a much larger audience now, so it's not like the major studios are starving. Even so, I would probably be fine with it, if it weren't for the tendency to:
- include microtransactions, rather than achievements
- sell dlc that should have just been part of the game
- Release the same uninspired crap every year (call of duty, sports ball 2023, etc.)
- sell broken games
I'm guessing this one will be #4. Hoping to be wrong.
Breaking my heart. At least it can still view YouTube without ads for now. I'll branch out again.