The popular game Monopoly Go almost destroyed my marriage, and it could be ruining your life, too.Here’s why Monopoly Go and similar games are a bad idea.
It started so innocently. I got an email from Swagbucks offering enough points to get a $50 gift card. Since we use those to help pay for Christmas, I was thrilled at the opportunity.
I went into it knowing they’d try to get me to make purchases. But I’d done fine against Candy Crush, so I told myself that I’d be fine. I had my guard up.
And every time you run out of rolls, you have to close out of 4 different pop-ups that tell you all of the amazing, time-limited deals on how you can get 100 rolls for just $1.99 or whatever.
The free gift you get every 8 hours? You have to swipe past 3 pages in the Marketplace (where they tell you the current deals on rolls) before you can see it.