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[–] tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's the ai industry's made up In game currency. That flat monthly fee they're trying to get rid of was basically the season pass

It's all fraud and gambling! :D

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol this is how I explained it to my wife. Like how arcades all have these money cards now.

[–] tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

basically the same mechanism. I'm heavily assuming they actually took inspo from the game industry

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So gross. Obfuscation of currency so you have no clue how much you're actually spending. aka gambling imo.