The new ads will be opt-in, with in-game rewards as the lure.

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    11 days ago

    And by paid we mean given in-game cosmetics with no monetary value.

    This is not a new thing at all. Mobile games have been using rewarded ads for years so I’m not sure why they’re acting like it’s some groundbreaking thing.

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      11 days ago

      Because so far that type of monetization scheme hasn’t made headway outside of the mobile space. This is yet another frog-boiling moment where they gradually push what they can get away with.

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        10 days ago

        And we will not really wonder when we’ll see how tremendously far pushed that will be…