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Optimus_Pig
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“How are the videos really bad?”

The boycott has nothing to do with content of the videos and everything to do with expressing our displeasure that the crap job Rovio has done with this game.

In a free-to-download-and-play game such as this one, Rovio’s sources of revenue consist of purchases of premium currency (i.e. gems) and incentivized ad views (i.e. voluntarily clicking on a video bonus and watching it). What better way to send a message that their non-existent QC and arbitrary changes to game play are unacceptable than by hitting them in their pocket books?

You’ve been away for a while, so perhaps you haven’t experienced the incredible bugginess, in particular the crash-on-startup bug that’s affected the two most recent major updates (end of April, and early June).

“I won’t really rage at the makers of the game that sometimes take away seven seconds of your life.”

Thirty seconds for a full view to get your bonus coins, buddy boost, or improved mission progress.

You can “skip ad” after seven seconds, but this only applies for those random videos that sometimes appear before commencing a new node run.

“And the game isn’t really buggy for me. No lags, everything great”

Then you’ve gotten off lucky. Some people have lost their entire installations and game progress.

“and I usually watch videos to double my coins and pigs.”

Coin doubling actually has a relatively small impact on overall coin accumulation – you can earn far more coins from completing missions. As for the pigs, I’m pretty sure the videos no longer double them, but I could be mistaken.

In the end, it’s up to you whether or not to participate in the boycott. The truth is, there’s no way to know how effective, if at all, this boycott is. But Rovio definitely knows about it, and perhaps that’s enough.