I miss when videogames were purely just a videogame
Now they're always trying to sell me something extra inside the game
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@caPnAhab @Lilnonames We are certainly being pushed that way, for the business' interest, not ours; but how much it is a "spy" depends very much on how we use it.
Or rather, how you use it. I do not have, nor want, a so-called "Smart"-'phone and I limit my Internet use to avoid as much as possible anything possibly significant to the real "spies" - the major retailers and advertising-agencies. Use a so-called "smart"-speaker, Facebook and all on-line shopping and finance; and you can kiss good-bye to your personal privacy and security!
It's not the telephone or computer that counts, really, but how you use it, that matters.
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The question though was about video games. They are only entertainment, but they are commercial products. I have never played them and will not; but it hardly surprises me that they are becoming used for advertising.
Or rather, how you use it. I do not have, nor want, a so-called "Smart"-'phone and I limit my Internet use to avoid as much as possible anything possibly significant to the real "spies" - the major retailers and advertising-agencies. Use a so-called "smart"-speaker, Facebook and all on-line shopping and finance; and you can kiss good-bye to your personal privacy and security!
It's not the telephone or computer that counts, really, but how you use it, that matters.
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The question though was about video games. They are only entertainment, but they are commercial products. I have never played them and will not; but it hardly surprises me that they are becoming used for advertising.