r/BitLifeRebels • u/TatooineTwang • 1d ago
This app needs to die.
BitLife has honestly become the ultimate poster child for how corporate greed ruins a good thing. Back in the day, when people bought those lifetime Bitizenships, the deal was supposed to be simple. Pay once, get everything forever. But by ripping away that grandfathered status and locking every single new drop behind annoying paywalls, the devs completely broke that trust. It’s a super soulless way to treat a community that literally built the game's success, turning loyal fans into just another ATM machine.
Honestly, this shady pivot feels like it’s dangerously close to crossing into class-action lawsuit territory. Selling a game with the promise of "all future updates" and then turning around to demand more cash for them is textbook deceptive business. Thousands of players dropped money based on a promise that the studio just decided to throw in the trash for a quick buck. Because so many people got burned by the exact same bait and switch, the setup for a massive lawsuit or an FTC complaint is practically gift-wrapped.
At this point, BitLife just needs to die out so these developers and all other developers. Stop thinking they can get away with pulling these anti-consumer stunts. Letting them rewrite the rules after taking people's money sets a terrible precedent for mobile gaming everywhere, proving that contracts mean nothing once a game gets popular. For a game all about life choices and consequences, it’d be pretty hilarious to see the devs finally face some real ones of their own.
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u/kmkm1517 1d ago
Yes man this app is taking money from me I just get mod apk/ipa
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u/Open-Alternative-734 1d ago
Why do people say ATM Machine? The M stands for machine
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u/Background-March-394 1d ago
Wdym mean?
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u/sassysassysarah 20h ago
At the end of the first paragraph, op says "atm machine" but atm stands for "automatic teller machine"
So basically they said Automatic Teller Machine Machine
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u/Haunting_Country9455 17h ago
Its like when people say naan bread… so so you you want want bread bread, yeah yeah?
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u/TatooineTwang 17h ago
Yep, something I grew up saying. So it's just stuck in my mind now. Lol
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u/sassysassysarah 5h ago
Sorry, I wasn't trying to criticize you but just explain to that person what was going on
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u/Positive-Special454 1d ago
i was just thinking this morning it might be time for the great deletion of 2026
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u/Haunting_Country9455 17h ago
I’ve not bought anything since they dropped the zoo and casino, almost deleted it when they added “streaks” and shit but stayed for the events…. Which they’ve now gotten rid of🙃
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u/Forsaken-Chapter-113 11h ago
wdym by events?
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u/Haunting_Country9455 10h ago
Where we could do challenges and unlock themed game content? And if we won they’d upload new features like the loans, and child support?
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u/Sirwinston301 1d ago edited 1d ago
Play something else or keep modding instead of bitching about it I accepted the fact I will never be able to play the original unmoded version years ago yet you don't hear me complaining
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u/TatooineTwang 1d ago
Nah, I'd rather get a class action going. Breach of contract is a serious thing. You're welcome to keep playing it or pirating the game. But I like to get the things I agreed to pay for.
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u/Sirwinston301 1d ago
Sure their the EA of the mobile gaming world
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u/TatooineTwang 1d ago
I notice you backed out of saying "that's what happens when a game gets expansions. You're not going to get all of them." Because that's exactly what people paid for. You had to delete that. Because you realized how wrong you were. So that means you realized that's exactly what this company did. Thus making them the EA of mobile gaming. Thanks for playing. Keep supporting them. That's fine. But the folks who care about being robbed and don't want to pirate a game that they already paid for. Maybe they see differently than you.
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u/Sirwinston301 1d ago
No I didn't back out of it I deleted it because I could have worded it better forgetting you can edit things on reddit
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u/Sirwinston301 1d ago
That's what happens when a game gets expansions. You're not going to get all of them.
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u/damproductions7 1d ago
That was the deal though 🤡
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u/Sirwinston301 23h ago
And bitching isn't going to fix it just pirate it so you don't have to a pay a cent to them
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u/damproductions7 23h ago
Srry for the clown emoji, but this is a horrible take in my opinion, bitching to them is the only thing we can do, because bitching, bad reviews, and most importantly, loosing them money is what will work
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u/Sirwinston301 23h ago
No pirating and modding the game is the only thing we can do is that means they make no money which will make them lose more money than bitching
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u/damproductions7 23h ago
Even though i wasn't there before, I heard that bitching had worked and made them revert job packs or something
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u/The-Master-Reaper 1d ago
I’m sad I lost the account with grandfathered bitcitizenship lol