Technology October 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM

The dark side of 'free' mobile games — how developers reverse-engineer your patience to milk ad revenue

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Block Blast reportedly earned $127 million from ads, but an investigation uncovered code allegedly manipulating difficulty, player profiling, and incentives to watch ads.

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