For simple puzzle/card games: there is almost certainly a FOSS alternative that’s better. Those games are so stupidly easy to make people do it as a hobby.
So … why would anyone pay for a version that’s riddled with ads, micro transactions, and visual/gameplay elements specifically designed to be addictive? Those are bad things. Particularly when most of the “paid” version’s code is likely copy and pasted from FOSS projects by someone looking to make some easy money.
Then pay 99 fucking cents for the app.
If the ads annoy you enought to post online, but the app is good enough that you keep playing anyway, then pay the developer for their work.
I swear to God some people around here have heard the term FOSS and thought “I don’t have to pay for software, hur dur it’s free and writes itself!”
For simple puzzle/card games: there is almost certainly a FOSS alternative that’s better. Those games are so stupidly easy to make people do it as a hobby.
So … why would anyone pay for a version that’s riddled with ads, micro transactions, and visual/gameplay elements specifically designed to be addictive? Those are bad things. Particularly when most of the “paid” version’s code is likely copy and pasted from FOSS projects by someone looking to make some easy money.