To all:
I have two cities, one on an iPad and one on an Android device. My older city (iPad) never received the in-game adverts and that city was started one month (January 2014) after the initial release of SimCity Buildit. So we can safely say my older city was not randomly chosen to receive this benefit.
As for my second city I still do get the "adverts". This has been going on since 11-2015, since its inception. I have never paid for Simcash in this city and never will. It seems that this is the second biggest criteria in this discussion - if you want to continue to receive Simcash or other prizes don't purchase anything from EA concerning this game.
The first biggest criteria is that this "ideal" put in place by EA is simply discriminatory. And they call this unfair scheme "marketing". They are trying to entice us players to spend our cold hard cash on this game by giving away items needed to move your city forward. Once a player sees that it MAY become easier they purchase the Simcash and then EA takes away the freebies.
What a great marketing scheme double-cross the players once they purchase.
Incidentally both my cities are now under another unfair rule - expansion. In the later levels of this game EA's relentless need to use up resources in order to upgrade buildings is simply outrageous. Why are they doing this? Do I need to explain that? That's why I said "that it MAY become easier" to move your city forward.
And finally this is the reason I will never spend my money for this game: unfairness to all and the inequity of game play.
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