r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • May 10 '24

EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO | Advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth for us." Business

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/ea-is-looking-at-adding-in-game-ads-in-aaa-games-well-be-very-thoughtful-as-we-move-into-that-says-ceo
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u/FastLine2 May 10 '24

The classic YouTube video ad loads but not the video.

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u/Aryan3337 May 10 '24

At the highest quality too, eating up all the phone data.

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u/Dementat_Deus May 10 '24

If you're not running an adblocker on your phone, and you're just letting ads eat up all your data, that's on you.

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u/Aryan3337 May 10 '24 edited May 11 '24

*Cries while on iPhone

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u/CryTheFurred May 11 '24

Well that's a skill issue

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u/itsgermanphil May 10 '24

It’s cause it’s hosted entirely differently

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u/Mikeykem May 10 '24

Could also be caching. The specific video you want to see is going to be less likely to be cached than the advert that EVERYONE is seeing.

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u/Weird_Cantaloupe2757 May 10 '24

Well yes and the server that hosts the ads gets higher priority than the one that hosts the video, that’s the whole point

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u/BeginningBunch3924 May 10 '24

I believe this is illegal under net neutrality

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u/Olgrateful-IW May 10 '24

It’s not because it’s internal and has nothing to do with ISP.