>>50493972This is the thing. If all Niantic were doing were obvious attempts at increasing profits ie those hilariously overpriced event tickets with even more overpriced add-ons, no one would really be that bothered. If it doesn't appeal to you, you don't buy it.
The only ways this can go wrong is
>exclusive paid content>removing things from the base experience and selling them back as the add-ons (which is more or less what is already happening, sadly)But. There's no consistency. Everything they add, change, remove goes towards seperate goals.
>Are they trying to make fast money?>Are they trying to improve player retention?>Are they trying to collect more data?No one knows what they're doing. They seem directionless and everyone else is paying the price for it.
But, for every person who wonders what the fuck they're doing, there's 1000 people who don't care or think they're flawless regardless. Or think someone else is to blame.
