Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-78.144.136.125-20160416204649/@comment-26249703-20160521084823

Whereas it perhaps used to be linked to location/device/OS, ranging from no ads to pretty much unlimited, I don't believe that's the factor anymore. I think it's down to whether you've made a purchase or not: purchase = 5 ads/day, no purchase = 20 ads/day.

These are limits, not guarantees. You may get slightly less if you have connection/cache problems, in which case resetting Ad-ID will solve that, but you can't go higher than what is available (5 or 20). Last update, it was possible to sign out and be treated as a non-paying customer, therefore being able to collect 15 extra Gold to match non-paying customers, but that no longer seems possible.

So to answer: plenty of people used VPN successfully before, I don't believe they were banned (though I'm not advising/condoning it), but I don't think it'll help you collect more ads any more. The reason FM advertised more ads from last update or the one before last was a bit of a "smoke and mirrors" scenario: cutting off the possibility of (near) unlimited ads, by adding limits that actually raised the number of ads for some people to 5 or 20. Most people didn't complain as it was slightly beneficial to them, whereas it was hugely detrimental for a smaller group of people.

Secondly: yes. Unless there's a way of tricking the system into thinking you're a user that's never given money to FM (by erasing purchase history or something similar), or FM change the system to treat both demographics fairly, you're stuck at 5 per day.