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Why free-to-play games charge you to wait less

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Downloading the app costs absolutely nothing, but completing a digital building takes forty actual real-world hours. Free entertainment platforms intentionally frustrate you with agonizing delays, effectively charging you a ransom to bypass the inconvenience they purposely programmed. You are not buying a fun experience; you are literally paying to avoid playing the game.

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