who the hell's making these ads on mobile games?
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April 1, 2026
I keep seeing ads for a "make real money playing Solitaire!" game. I've seen 3 different ones. In all 3 somebody drops their wallet/purse or leaves it behind. A person see's them drop it and picks it up and proceeds to opens it and steal a bunch of $$$. Then they tell the person they found it and give it back. And the person thanks them and tells them to install Solitaire Smash so they can win real money. The person installs the game and instantly wins $80. The message of the ad... steal from people and ye shall be rewarded. Them also calling Solitair a "skill based game" is pretty fucking hilarious.
And about 10 times today I've seen this match 3 to save the person game ad . The player sucks, so the character dies, and in this one it's a small girl who you can hear choking for 15 seconds, and she ends up running out of air and dying. You don't actually see her die, but you know that's what happened. The choking sound effect is a bit too much lol. I understand it's a cartoony...
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