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Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by paledot on Saturday November 27, 2021 @08:32PM (#29365382)
It boggles my mind that this is being presented by the author as if it were a legitimately good idea and not another step on our collective descent into a dystopian hellscape.
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Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by cyanydeez on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:18PM (#29387598)
or a normal progression to microtransactions to actually pay for content of value rather than let the msrket of doom scrolling and "engagement" dictate the hellscape that led to trump style media.

remember, 20 years ago they wanted microtransactions to enable content production. this coule of course be done in a open way, but the idea that this is worse than the current landscape of abhorrent conspiracy fueled hate med8a parade is silly.

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Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by swiley on Saturday November 27, 2021 @08:37PM (#29365402)
Most mainstream things are like this now.
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