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Microsoft’s Terrifying New Patent | LG-Style ACR for Games & Software (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 days ago by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Microsoft has filed for a new patent that describes a credit system to "rent" software and games, including rate-limited rentals based on the type of use. In their examples, singleplayer costs more than training mode, but multiplayer costs more credits than both. Users can 'earn' credits by subjecting themselves to more advertisements during loading screens, round win or loss screens, and level loading screens. The patent technology can be applied at the application level, OS level, and device level, making it wide-reaching and affecting more than just Windows machines. In one instance, Microsoft explicitly names Smart TVs. This would be similar, in some ways, to ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) on LG or other Smart TVs, where the patent-pending technology could scan the screen and audio.

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[-] crandall@lemmy.today 25 points 6 days ago

Drink verification can

[-] ell1e@leminal.space 26 points 6 days ago

Microsoft already recorded players in the past: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/introducing-muse-our-first-generative-ai-model-designed-for-gameplay-ideation/ Without asking for consent of course (as far as I can tell)

[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 17 points 6 days ago

You say that as if Microsoft had ever behaved morally or decently, or treated its customers respectfully at any point in its half-century history...

[-] ell1e@leminal.space 4 points 6 days ago

Oh, I know. I'm just letting the people know who haven't been aware yet.

[-] helix@feddit.org 23 points 6 days ago

Wonder if a new generation of gamers is dumb enough to actually use this.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

it's not about being dumb, it's about being conditioned by your environment -- if this is all they've ever known, they will never stop to consider an alternative.

it's a reality about generational knowledge that things like COINTELPRO and the esptein class leverage VERY heavily.

[-] Solumbran@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Not really a matter of generation though.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Well this shit will probably impact performance a lot like Denuvo so at least some people will get mad at it.

[-] ell1e@leminal.space 1 points 5 days ago

Microsoft already recorded players in the past, so apparently yes, players are - in your words - dumb enough to continue to play Microsoft games (which includes Call of Duty, Elder Scrolls, and so on).

[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

!nintendoswitch@lemmy.world 2

also, not too long ago

[+] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world -8 points 6 days ago

The previous generation was dumb enough to accept Steam's monopoly.

[-] JoeKis@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago

[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 2 points 6 days ago

Desura

[-] JustVik@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

I remember that I used it a little.

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Valve used the same exclusivity deals Gmers complain with Epic. Valve stops games being sold on other platforms for cheaper. Valve paid publishers you use steam as DRM for physical releases to force people into their ecosystem, to the point that when a game has its own launcher from the devs, gmers call it third-party.

Also that image just proves my point. Uplay and Origin were just their attempts to recreate Steam's path. But because of the monopoly and brainwashed G*mers, it didn't work.

Including Epic with that makes no sense. It's still alive. The only reason it's there is because it's seen as a Steam competitor, and the marks need to bury it. Like WWE fanboys anytime another wrestling company is mentioned.

Nintendo. The fuck is that doing there. The Switch 2 has sold great, coming after the original Switch the second best selling console of all time. There's no reason for them to be there. Again outside of brainwashed PC G*mers that need an enemy.

Sony. The PS5 is the 8th best selling console. And that image was made way before the current controversies. Which is ironic considering you're defending Valve. A company that killed physical PC releases.

Xbox. That's Microsoft. Windows is everywhere. And the Xbox game pass has done great. 30million users from some basic research.

All that image proves. Is that Steam users and PC G*mers are so brainwashed and divorced from reality. They need to create fake scenarios and narratives to defend the monopolist hellscape the PC marketplace has become.

[-] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Why are you censoring "Gamers"?

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Because I don't want to taint myself by using that word. Someone might think I consider them actual people.

[-] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

I stopped to read at Uplay and Origin.

Uplay always worked like a piece of shit, and Origin was actually nice, but EA killed it. The pic is relevant.

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago

I explained why the pic isn't relevant. But I understand you G*mers have short attention spans.

All those youtube shorts you watch about your anime gacha games.

[-] ell1e@leminal.space 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

99% of my game purchases of the last two years were on gog.com and itch.io, so there are still some ways. However, I agree Steam is a monopoly. You basically have to ditch most triple A gaming to leave Steam behind. But if you're willing to be more flexible with what games you play, gog.com & itch.io are still quite feasible and they're both DRM free as far as I understand.

[-] somegeek@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

These people see black mirror and go "hell yeah"

[-] HumbleExaggeration@feddit.org 15 points 6 days ago

I see the positive side of this: Since Microslop patented this technology, no one else is allowed to use it. So I only have to boycott Microslop games instead of watching the whole industry adopting this. Thank you Microslop.

[-] ifmu@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

They could license it out…

[-] tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 6 days ago

Thanks, Steve.

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