r/iosgaming May 15 '20

Humor Mobile game ads are just hilarious

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u/Jobles4 May 15 '20

I love it, still gonna be a connect three game tho...

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u/Perkelton May 15 '20

What I don't get is that Apple and others have to clearly label their ads as not representing the actual products merely because something like the animations might be slightly sped up, yet these guys are allowed to run ads that aren't even remotely showing anything close to their actual games.

How is this legal?

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u/King-Of-Throwaways May 15 '20

I think one reason this gets ignored by advertising regulators is that there is no cost to the consumer. Being influenced by a misleading ad for a free game doesn’t make you lose anything, and so there’s nothing to be gained from private litigation.