AI is rewriting games, search ads and software subscriptions at once, and economics can't keep up
3Quondam6extanT9 · reddit · 2026-10-27
The author argues the video game industry was permanently altered this month: vibe coding, reverse engineering, advanced AI mods, new emulation systems and console jailbreaking have made it far more open source.
The knock-on effects he lists
- Search: Google's AI browser results made SEO largely useless, ad click revenue collapsed for small, medium and large businesses, and many had to shutter; Google is shifting from click-based ad revenue to licensing deals with specific third parties.
- Software: products are widely replicated, subscriptions are falling as users refuse to be price-gouged.
- New games will no longer fit the old economic and consumer models, entering what he calls the "Katamari ecosystem" where everything becomes open source and interconnected.
His conclusion: these sectors alone show economics itself must be rethought, with 3D tools, same-day delivery and fast-advancing robotics hitting the physical world too. Markets will crash before regulation or new economic models catch up, and he criticizes the current US administration's handling of AI.
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