timesink

A time sink (or timesink) is an activity that consumes significant time.

Without proper supervision and education, the Internet and, to some extent, computing itself is a timesink and an educational black hole.

Controversy arose when an early, free, advertising supported, version included Conducent Timesink advertising software.

Wiki: "Timesink"

Development began in 2000 when Kolla, still a student, wrote a small program to deal with the Aureate/Radiate and Conducent TimeSink programs, two of the earliest examples of adware.

Some versions of 3D Maze Man released after 1998, when RomTech changed their name to eGames, contain bundled adware from Conducent Affiliate Networks named TimeSink.

Mr Mabbett feels that the TimeSink advertising system that the company uses is able to track IP addresses and could cause a security risk to people with fixed IPs.

Reiner said that the game could be the biggest and "most enjoyable timesink" of 2011, and concluded that the game surpassed every standard set by Batman: Arkham Asylum "in every way and stands tall as one of Batman's greatest moments."