It's a poignant moment for me, as the ads that paid for my old games to be free on mobiles for the past 12 years have finally been switched off. After exhausting every possibility, I no longer see any way of running live ads on a dead engine. The good news is that the games themselves are still alive and well, as every year since 2018 has threatened to be their last too! But if I'm being greedy, it sure would have been nice to keep them earning until the end - because their popularity still hasn't diminished in any way.
Before you celebrate the improved user experience and assume this doesn't affect you, bear in mind that there's no logical reason why those games shouldn't be paid-only from now on. Even though Unity's ads are much more reliable and go halfway to filling in the gaps, paying for content is still likely to become the norm. If it doesn't, it's only because my suicidal eccentricity is holding back the tide for "old time's sake"!
Which is all to say that any talk of my life's work not being worth $3 will be even more poorly received at this time, so please keep it to yourself if you're that way inclined. On a positive note, I must thank the millions of people who played the free versions and let those ads pay the way - as it really did change my life at the exact moment it was needed most.
It's a poignant moment for me, as the ads that paid for my old games to be free on mobiles for the past 12 years have finally been switched off. After exhausting every possibility, I no longer see any way of running live ads on a dead engine. The good news is that the games themselves are still alive and well, as every year since 2018 has threatened to be their last too! But if I'm being greedy, it sure would have been nice to keep them earning until the end - because their popularity still hasn't diminished in any way.
Before you celebrate the improved user experience and assume this doesn't affect you, bear in mind that there's no logical reason why those games shouldn't be paid-only from now on. Even though Unity's ads are much more reliable and go halfway to filling in the gaps, paying for content is still likely to become the norm. If it doesn't, it's only because my suicidal eccentricity is holding back the tide for "old time's sake"!
Which is all to say that any talk of my life's work not being worth $3 will be even more poorly received at this time, so please keep it to yourself if you're that way inclined. On a positive note, I must thank the millions of people who played the free versions and let those ads pay the way - as it really did change my life at the exact moment it was needed most.