Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20180821181327/@comment-31526827-20180822045423

GC don’t cost the devs anything. They can give away millions and it won’t hurt them. The only thing you can buy with GC are the hyper inflated car and upgrades. It’s a no loss loop. Lost potential income? To a limited degree, yes, but it was theoretical income and actual so it still doesn’t hurt.

Remember, it always about profit not playability that drives changes.

Note: they fixed an exploit that was costing them GC but left open Exploits that allowed cheating. That says a lot to me.