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Question for those players labeling users who are utilizing means readily available within the game as “cheats” –
How is the common player to differentiate a glitch not to be used, from an easter egg planted by the developer to be found by enterprising players?
For any player to find these irregularities, they are going to spend considerable time playing the game, and being exposed to numerous advertisements for various products, games, movies, etc. that the developer is being compensated for. Once those eggs have been discovered and publicized, the developer may then update the program, closing that loophole, and perhaps opening new ones to keep dedicated players active in the game, and viewing additional advertising.
I would agree with the “cheat” designation, if utilization involved actions not normally taken within the context of the game such as using some third party software to short circuit the power up purchase process, or manipulating the device clock to trick the app into thinking time had passed, but something as simple as pressing the replay button at the end of a level, or opting not to use the golden pig machine unless on a free roll from a friend’s machine do not strike me as particularly sneaky or cheatlike.
Obviously this is just my opinion, but in a game where advantages do not result in scores that would skew a leaderboard and place a player unaware of them or who opts not to use them at some handicap to those who do, I see no reason for the negativity.