• Microsoft interjects ads into XBL search results.
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Oh that's way too big for an add
I wish I could just pay somebody $5 per day and never encounter any ad ever.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42490546]I wish I could just pay somebody $5 per day and never encounter any ad ever.[/QUOTE] Adblock Plus is free.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42490546]I wish I could just pay somebody $5 per day and never encounter any ad ever.[/QUOTE] $5 per day?! Are you nuts?
If you are surprised by this you are disconnected from reality.
[QUOTE=Zephyrs;42490620]If you are surprised by this you are disconnected from reality.[/QUOTE] I am just disconnected from shitty consoles and not using adblock plus.
Not really that bad IMO? Unless I'm mistaken, the search results are for stuff to buy, and it's suggesting some other stuff you can buy. Maybe pollutes your view a bit but not outrageous.
[QUOTE=mark6789;42490590]$5 per day?! Are you nuts?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=st_nick5;42490576]Adblock Plus is free.[/QUOTE] I mean ALL ads. TV, billboards in the streets, mass transit.
I like how not even a few posts in, in classic neogaf fashion, it starts proclaiming this is the new reason to think microsoft is the next hitler.
Hey, don't blame Microsoft for using ads. They need ads to generate revenue because xbox live is fr....oh. Seriously....I don't fucking get this shit. You pay $60 a year just to use their at best mediocre service, and they want to shove ads down your throat? Where the fuck is the logic?
I'm not even remotely surprised.
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;42492710]Hey, don't blame Microsoft for using ads. They need ads to generate revenue because xbox live is fr....oh. Seriously....I don't fucking get this shit. You pay $60 a year just to use their at best mediocre service, and they want to shove ads down your throat? Where the fuck is the logic?[/QUOTE] The logic goes like this: What other service can you use instead of x box live? Oh. Right.
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;42492754]The logic goes like this: What other service can you use instead of x box live? Oh. Right.[/QUOTE] PSN
[QUOTE=gk99;42492840]PSN[/QUOTE]Steam, origin, nintendo eShop. Hell....at this point I'd even say Uplay is better. Literally anything that ISN'T xbox live.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42490792]I mean ALL ads. TV, billboards in the streets, mass transit.[/QUOTE] I don't mind ads like those to be honest. Although the same can't be said for other places that have ads literally plastered over every space available.
I wouldn't have a problem with ads if xbl was free.
[QUOTE=Cmx;42493032]I wouldn't have a problem with ads if xbl was free.[/QUOTE] PSN's free, and I don't even notice many ads on there. Then again, I don't visit the PStore often, so I could be wrong. Either way, a paying service having ads is still fucking stupid.
[QUOTE=st_nick5;42490576][QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42490546]I wish I could just pay somebody $5 per day and never encounter any ad ever.[/QUOTE] Adblock Plus is free.[/QUOTE] I don't like the use of ABP.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;42493288]I don't like the use of ABP.[/QUOTE] you could always use normal adblock
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;42493540]It has ads. Ads for upcoming game releases and new dlc. So really it's more like notifications than ads.[/QUOTE] It's still advertising, it's not like you subscribe to receive them.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;42493540]It has ads. Ads for upcoming game releases and new dlc. So really it's more like notifications than ads.[/QUOTE] it's funny because the only ads you can see in normal usage you can even disable them lol. i keep the little notification thing up though it makes me feel more in the mix
They're colored different and say "advertisement," if they were colored the same and made to look like actual search results it would be an issue.
This isn't new, they've done this since the introduction of Bing on 360. semi-related: [thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27431030/site%20materials/videogames.jpg[/thumb]
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