All the recent ad nerf discussion has got me thinking about one thing:
How can it be, that a player can have spent hundreds of dollars (or more) on the game, and still be annoyed with several seconds of wasted time for an ad multiplier, after every single race?
Not to mention the intentional design to misclick when using a controller, so you might have to watch an ad you didn‘t sign up for in the first place. And the ads, especially on mobile devices are tasteless and disgusting garbage, to put it mildly.
Considering the ad watchtime on supported platforms is below expectation anyways, why not just scrap the idea, at least partly?
The ads hurt the reputation of your game, they make it feel less premium, which is especially bad for your beloved whale catching, and you put at least a partial stop to the scummy ad industry.
Just my two cents.