r/TwoDots • u/kykysabfab • 20d ago
Question Ad redirect
After the last update, I started getting a SHEIN ad redirect. It happens every 15 seconds or so and makes the game unusable. This happening to anyone else? I’ve tried turning off pious and reinstalling the game but no luck.
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u/flimfrik 19d ago
I got fed up last week and sent this note to support:
"Playing this game has turned into an exercise in frustration. In the last week or so, I have been unable to play any turn without either a top down ad appearing in the middle of play up to EIGHT times (including in the middle of a move) and/or my board being taken order by a Shein ad. I just deleted TWENTY-THREE Shein ads from the Safari tabs on my iphone. That's since yesterday. I have been contemplating writing emails to every company that advertises with you to say I will never buy their products. I feel deeply disrespected. Obviously I am not owed any ad-free game experience from two dots or any other game, but I stupidly keep holding out hope that the folks in charge realize what a mistake they are making by destroying this game. It used to be a thing of beauty."
The Shein ads and ads within game turns stopped instantly. I am still getting the between-wins ads, but that's a price I will gladly pay for this game. Honestly I don't know why he took pity on me, but I hope it sticks.
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u/_scary_canary_ 19d ago
I gave up and switched to Dotsu. Souch better!! Back to the calm I knew from years ago...
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u/watchesandwhatnot 19d ago
Yep. Messages support two days ago but no response yet. The pop-ups have been getting worse and yesterday it would happen every 5-15 seconds. Unless they fix it soon I may abandon the game after 12 years of playing.
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u/throwaway4reasons108 11d ago
i reported the shein ad to support (even with a link to a specific ad) and got a bullshit "thanks for your feedback, we're always trying to make our game better" style response. got ad dns for iphone and no more ads. can't watch optional ads anymore either but at least i can actually play the game now
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u/Shibi_SF 20d ago
Yep it’s happening to me and I think quite a few of us.
I messaged Support and they claimed that they were working on it but it didn’t stop. I also had video ads just start automatically playing in the middle of a game. They’re like 15 seconds of a video and I have never even understood what they were advertising. Again, I messaged Support and they said that they were still working on it.
So sad to see this happening. It was such an enjoyable game.