The article posted literally has zero words that can be read other than the headline without paying.
I think this article might be similar?
Seems like they’re still cracking down on shady loot boxes and gacha style game mechanics but trying not to be too strict to not punish game developers that aren’t doing dark pattern style stuff to addict people
Some parts of the article (emphasis mine):
“ Chinese officials rekindled fear that they will start another round of tech crackdowns after the top gaming regulator, National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA), announced on Dec 22 new rules to limit the development of online games, including an unspecified cap on spending by adult players.
Additional restrictions include a ban on rewards for frequent logins and forced player-duels, and even a prohibition on content that violates national security.
As Tencent and NetEase saw their market value plunge by tens of billions of dollars in Hong Kong on Dec 22, the NPPA announced during trading hours the approval of 40 imported gaming titles, including those operated by the two companies. The move did little to help restore investors’ confidence.
The administration said on Dec 23 that it will listen to feedback from stakeholders, including companies and players, to improve the rules.
The sweeping restrictions, which caught industry players and investors off guard on the final trading day before Christmas, reminded many of the brutal tech-sector crackdown of 2021.
That year, various agencies abruptly imposed curbs on sectors from e-commerce to entertainment, reining in Jack Ma-backed Ant Group and Alibaba Group Holding while decimating the online education industry by declaring profits illegal.
Mr Yang Wenfeng, a senior vice-president with Shanghai-based games studio Paper Games, said: “The latest events reflect the government’s desire for a larger, more diverse gaming landscape with innovative content of a higher quality but one without excessive monetisation or ‘pay-to-win’ games.
“The government prefers publishers to earn profits through fair practices and product innovation, rather than deepening monetisation strategies””
I dont like the whole censoring of “national security” cuz I know that will extend to criticism of Xi, covid cases, and whatever else they decide needs to be censored, but the rest seems fine. Loot boxes, pay to win, and predatory dark patterns like daily rewards for logging in are not good for games or the gamers.
March 13 2021 was when around 1/3rd of eligible people in the US received their first vaccines. The vaccines are mostly effective for 6-12 months and then their efficacy wanes due to the new strains that keep emerging due to mass reinfections. New strains are evolving faster now that mass reinfection is standard procedure in the world.
if Climate Change is our “don’t look up”, Covid and Long Covid is our “don't look around”. Although we do have the tools to easily combat the pandemic, N95 masks and air purifiers or even better are the CR boxes which are DIY air purifiers that are much more efficient and affordable than commercial hepa purfiers.
That makes literally zero sense. If anything Chinese investors would want the open source operating system to be the most popular since the US is becoming more hostile and banning them from stuff more and more. Its why they’re investing in RISC-V development and the US is considering being hostile towards it for “national security reasons”
Quantity helps the quality in some important aspects though. For example we don’t have an equivalent to r/LegalAdvice or r/AskDocs because there isn’t large enough amount of people that are doctors/lawyers using Lemmy
This allows something like “computer show me every citizen that has posted negative comments towards the current mayor, order it by the amount of comments theyve posted, cite where they work, who their parents are, what people does there phone gps spend the most time around, and include any cctv and amazon ring footage that detects their face using facial recognition, create a separate folder of footage from any bar and club they’ve been to, search every nsfw website/subreddit/onlyfans for footage of them.”
And now you have a neatly organized collection of all the people that oppose the mayor with potential blackmail and who to send it to one by one until your demands of only praising the great cop mayor is met (as an example)
Its an airborne virus. Washing your hands doesnt help. Wear a mask, ventilate, and use air purifiers.