misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agoUbisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creedwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down11cross-posted to: gaming@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkUbisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creedwww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareIts_Always_420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up125·10 months agoTheir finger slipped and accidentally coded a whole in-game ad delivery system.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·10 months agoYou’re not a programmer, right? You have no idea how often this happens!
minus-squareBillyTheSkidMark@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYeah, I was about to say, as a software engineer I can totally understand how that might have happened and am not surprised… But the skeptic/cynic in me feels like it’s a convenient excuse.
Their finger slipped and accidentally coded a whole in-game ad delivery system.
You’re not a programmer, right? You have no idea how often this happens!
Yeah, I was about to say, as a software engineer I can totally understand how that might have happened and am not surprised… But the skeptic/cynic in me feels like it’s a convenient excuse.