Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-32052843-20190904122355/@comment-31600610-20190915091816

SeedSpeed wrote: SatanLovesJello wrote: Anyone can now opt out of the non-skippable ads (without making a purchase.) Been that way for over a month now. It's a violation of Google's policy to implement mandatory ads in an app that requires ads or cash purchases for game progression. How? I'm not disclosing anything here anymore that is simple enough to accomplish if one takes the time to research Want to learn how to limit every ad to 5 second ones? Legitimately? Learn a new language and figure it out.

There's too many jealous or holier-than-thou people that think if THEY can't do it, it must be wrong. Sweet Jesus. If people took the time to learn. Influencing the ads is part of the design. They want to appeal to our tastes. (Or, whatever we convince them our tastes to be.) Google's own software allows and encourages the manipulation of  EXTREMELY SPECIFIC ad preferences. I'm not talking about those simple choices in our Google account settings. We have to dig a little deeper. And by deeper, I mean, we have to be specific. Down to age, gender, marital status, race, sexual preferences, and most importantly, how long we want to be engaged with an ad. (Don't think so? Ever seen an ad for something and wondered, how do they know that about me? DUH. That's no accident, Sherlock.)

The TOU say that the game is to be used as designed. That translates to: the game must be run via Android or Apple.(Individual devices are never mentioned. If you disagree, PROVE IT.)  I mentioned recently that I like to use my computer to make my vinyls. Simply easier. Guess what? Anyone that uses RR3 on BlueStacks, or Nox to customize a vinyl or do anything else not on an android device is guilty of breaking those TOU.

Those of you altering, or adding to, in-game footage and posting it online? THAT'S ILLEGAL. In fact, it's a FEDERAL OFFENSE!!! It's in the TOU! (Hint: Intellectual property.)

Cloud restore? If you use that to do anything other than save data, you're exploiting.

Force close the app to avoid a loss? Force close for ANY reason? A violation of TOU, and an exploit! Bot manipulation? By definition, another exploit. I dislike hypocrites.

Screw those TOU. EA broke their contract with us by failing to do what they said they would do in that same contract. By law, that renders it VOID.

Almost forgot: there's one beautiful exception to those TOU. TOU only applies to an end-user. Not a developer. Look that up too. Figure it out. The reason they don't pursue the illegitimate activities more than they do is because they know that they are just as guilty of violating those same terms.

I racked up over 1200 GC's today. I touched the computer maybe twice while doing it. (What about that daily limit? There is none, if you tell Google that there isn't) If you want to call that hacking, or exploiting, go right ahead, because I DO NOT GIVE ONE SINGLE FLYING SQUIRREL WHAT YOU THINK.

I can back up everything I say. But, I don't have to. And I won't. If you don't like it, too bad.

At the end of the day, petty little pissants with nothing better to do want to flex their internet muscles and show everyone what BIG BOYS they are. RIght?

I can't believe I let something as simple as a game become so important to me. For what? Man, I just wanna play a damned game.. .I spent more time today actually playing the game than I have in months. And I enjoyed it. That's the point, ain't it?

A final note: To everyone FROM HERE that has thanked me: You are very welcome. I'm glad I was able to help. Don't expect any more, though. It's been ruined for everyone.