Refuse Manipulation
EZ Cheats has its problems. It can’t tell and O from a D or a Q, it thinks L is an I, and E is an F. So you spend countless hours trying to figure out why a whole group of words doesn’t seem to work until you notice that EZ is working with the wrong letters. I feedback the problem and they said it’s a known issue that they’re working on.
But the biggest issue is that EZ and WWF are working together to increase the take. Here’s how the scam works. WWF issues a “Challenge” with a number and asks you to beat it. What do you get if you win? Nothing - you get to be on top of the leader board. But there are enough people - perhaps millions who are competitive enough to try and soon you realize that everyone on top of the leader board is averaging 27-30 points per word and you can only compete with that using EZ. Now easy charges you $1.99 per word with the idea that you’ll only use it occasionally and otherwise you’ll just use it when you’re in a jam. But when you start trying to win the WFF Challenge you quickly learn you’re going to have to use it every time which mean that you 50 words is going to go very fast - like daily because in order to reach the Challenge number you also have to play 20 or more games simultaneously.
Hopefully I’ve described this sufficiently for you to see that you can’t escape this trap once you’re been manipulated into taking the Challenge - you’re going to be paying EZ at least $2 per day or $60 per month. One million players and suddenly you have a revenue stream of $60M and that’s really lowballing the numbers.
Who is behind this massive manipulation and how much collaboration is involved. Does Apple care about things like this or are they a partner in the revenue?
Of course casino owners say if you don’t like to lose don’t gamble. And they’re right - if you don’t like it don’t play. So that’s what I did. I stopped all but a few games with very good friends where I normally don’t cheat and that’s the end. I can’t tell anyone else what to do but I can lead by example. And that’s my invitation - do the same - refuse manipulation.
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