Hey folks! I recently tried to introduce my younger cousin to some of the mobile games I used to play years ago, where you just pay once and enjoy everything. But when we searched the store, most of them were either gone or replaced with free-to-play versions full of ads. I found this article: https://www.jedinews.com/misc/articles/why-pay-once-mobile-games-are-vanishing/, and it really explains why this shift happened. It got me thinking about how much the whole experience has changed. Do you think the old model can ever come back, or is this just how things are now?
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Just came across this thread and it’s pretty interesting. Even outside of gaming, you can see this shift toward ongoing monetization in a lot of apps and services. It feels like a broader trend rather than something limited to mobile games. Makes you wonder how user expectations will evolve over time as this becomes the norm.