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
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    5 months 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
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      5 months 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…

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        5 months ago

        On my phone, I have two games:

        • PySolFC - FOSS collection of a bunch of solitaire-like games, with varying levels of attention required
        • Lichess - FOSS chess game, with puzzles, bots, and MP

        The first is available on F-Droid, not sure about other stores, and the second is probably available everywhere (I got it on Google Play).

        I, too, got tired of sifting through ad-riddled BS and just didn’t play games on my phone for years.