When this happens, I make it a point to one-star review.
Comment on The answer to the question posed in mobile game ads 'think you can do better?' is always 'yes'.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago9 times outta 10, the game they show in the ad isnt even the same game you end up downloading from the link.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They use that trick to see which game interests people. That game ad you clicked on isn’t a real game, but might be if lots of people try to download it. It’s cheap to do an ad, expensive to make a game…
It’s amazing how fast the gaming industry went from “let’s make an even more incredible game” to dark patterns and shit like this.