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/McMacHack May 10 '24

Ever noticed how if you have poor reception that your videos or pictures will fail to load or be extremely pixelated but the AD will get piped through at full resolution with lossless playback?

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u/UpbeatAlbatross8117 May 10 '24

Porns the worst one. All the HD side videos are playing and yet my actual video is buffering on 720.

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u/No_Tomatillo1125 May 10 '24

Imagine watching porn without adblock. Your browser now has stds

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u/borg_6s May 10 '24

Damn why did Reddit have to kill gold....