Gambling, gaming, and porn are often the industries that embrace a new technology and end up being the catalyst for its mass adoption through killer apps.
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Gambling, gaming, and porn end up being catalysts of new tech in part because those industries are about high excitement.
People aren't paying as much attention to bad or unfinished tech when they're looking at boobs or shooting imaginary opponents or winning the jackpot.
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I don't know. My gamer lag intolerance is pretty damned bad. Pretty sure I can detect 30 ms differences by now.
(But in all seriousness, good point.)
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For sure, some users are more sophisticated than others. Yet there is a huge market for basic dopamine-jacking games like candy crush.
And bad game physics has its own subreddit and is a source of many memes. The glitches can become a feature, if you're having fun.
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Oh for sure. A game I play frequently had a bug where cars would clip into the ground, explode and launch off the map like a rocket. Too funny.
Conversely, there are core technologies people get very particular about. Connectivity, stability... but that drives development.
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Exactly.
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People get really into to the game / porn, demand better tech, and that's what pushes development.
New tech that hijacks human dopamine receptors has a better chance of survival.
A smart evolutionary strategy.
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I knew I felt tired, but now I'm certain I *am*. (I already read that tweet, but somehow didn't parse it.)