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Re:PS5 Dashboards Flooded with Unwanted Ads–Sony Claims It W... by drivingmenuts on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @03:36PM (#41713183)
If I were leasing a device, ads might be acceptable. If I own a device, then ads are absolutely not acceptable. If the supplier is not making enough profit from the sale of the device and feels they need to sell advertising, then they should just increase the price, rather than sell space on a device they do not own.

A game console purchase is not a partnership, it's an I-own-this-device-so-you-fuck-right-off.

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Re:PS5 Dashboards Flooded with Unwanted Ads–Sony Claims It W... by koolba on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @04:25PM (#41713701)
> A game console purchase is not a partnership, it's an I-own-this-device-so-you-fuck-right-off.

Can you even insert second hand disks into consoles anymore or is it all online?

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Re:PS5 Dashboards Flooded with Unwanted Ads–Sony Claims It W... by drivingmenuts on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @06:20PM (#41714878)
I'm 99% sure they're online now. If you buy one, I'm pretty sure you know what you're getting into, though, so maybe that matters less. Games aren't even produced on DVD's anymore.

I don't feel that this invalidates my previous point, though.

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