Steam games that force players to watch advertisements are banned, Valve emphasises
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Valve has emphasised its rules around advertising, explicitly prohibiting games that force players to watch in-game ads.
  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    5·
    13 days ago

    They should do the same on the Play and App Store.

    There’s even games where you can pay to remove ads, but it will still ask you if you wanna watch an ad to get a bonus or some shit. Fuck that.

    • ShadowRam@fedia.io
      1·
      13 days ago

      This is exactly why I don’t play games on mobile.

      I absolutely don’t have the time to wade through that shit.

      about a year ago, I was like, “It’d be nice to have a few mindless games on my phone”… tried like four… just ADS ADS ADS…

      Even the ones where I liked the game, and wanted to just remove the ad bullshit for a price… nothing…

      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        Totally don’t care for mobile games, but this, for sure, is one very helpful resource to comb through this pile of rabble.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      I don’t mind the fact that apps on Android show ads. I mind the terrible inconsistency of those ads. Some have an X button at the top left, some at the top right. I’ve seen “mute” buttons in at least three different quadrants, plus some are within a small landscape window rather than taking up the full portrait-held phone. And some don’t have mute at all.

      And then some have a fake-out X button that actually clicks on the ad if you try to use it.

      And a couple of times I’ve gotten an ad that I literally couldn’t exit. Had to force quit the app to get back to it.

      If the ads were a consistent experience, I would have a much less intensely negative opinion of them.

    • Jericho_Kane@lemmy.orgEnglish
      0·
      12 days ago

      I feel like spotify does a similar thing. Even if you have premium, sometimes i just get random ads and it’s like oh no what a glitch in the system.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      13 days ago

      They should do the same on the Play and App Store.

      95% of “games” removed

      • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
        01·
        13 days ago

        At least 95% of them are shit anyway 😂

        I really enjoy Apple Arcade. Quality games for the kids with no ads or micro transactions.

          • Sjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            13 days ago

            Yes. It’s $6.99/mo for access to a load of games with no ads or IAPs. Half of the games on there are only available on Apple Arcade, the others are editions of regular App Store games but with no ads and all the IAPs already unlocked.

            It kinda sucks that Apple gatekeeps certain games behind the subscription though… I wanted to play Mini Motorways on mobile, but it’s only available through Apple Arcade. For comparison Mini Metro is a OTP of $5 iirc.