yep, minigames on loading screens.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-patent-finally-expires
pointless in the age of direct storage and high SSD speeds.
if you’ve lived before that: corporate thanks you for patiently waiting while counting their unrealized gains and lost potential on spreadsheets and ppts


it’s what happens whenever the wealth has been extracted successfully… no one can afford anything anymore