PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off - IGN
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The PS5 now has an advert system built into the dashboard user interface you can’t disable without disconnecting from the internet.

Wow, this is awful. Some people reported that these ads are also very petty and not necessarily related to the game, like apparently Elden Ring shows an ad for a licensed mousepad when you hover over the game now…

Edit: Playstation Product Manager says this is actually a new bug. I really doubt it but they do seem to be “fixing it”.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    11 hours ago

    I didn’t know this was something I agreed to when I bought my console.

    That’s 'cause it wasn’t! Sony is “exceeding authorized access” – a felony under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act – but won’t be prosecuted for $ome rea$on.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 hours ago

      i guarantee you in the fine print they say they have the right to change anything they want any time.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        11 hours ago

        “By loading this comment, you agree to give @grue@lemmy.world one million US dollars, payable in full within one week.”

        See? Anybody can make up unconscionable bullshit. The extent to which Sony’s terms are enforced is only a measure of how many corrupt judges need to be gotten rid of.

        Now, pay up!