Implicit in all of this is a belief that true happiness is found in some kind of luxurious aristocratic passivity of nothing but rest, relaxation and comfort. That's great, if it suits you, but some of us need a bit more stimulation in life.
The author also twists Adorno. Immediately before the quoted sentence ("the contraband of modes of behaviour proper in the domain of work… is being smuggled into the realm of free time"), Adorno says "free time must not resemble work in any way whatsoever, in order, presumably that one can work all the more effectively afterwards." Obviously work simulators try to very closely resemble work, and they don't try to hide this fact at all—no contraband smuggling here! That was written 50 years ago, maybe things have changed.
The author also twists Adorno. Immediately before the quoted sentence ("the contraband of modes of behaviour proper in the domain of work… is being smuggled into the realm of free time"), Adorno says "free time must not resemble work in any way whatsoever, in order, presumably that one can work all the more effectively afterwards." Obviously work simulators try to very closely resemble work, and they don't try to hide this fact at all—no contraband smuggling here! That was written 50 years ago, maybe things have changed.