NoJoTo Sort of same. I sometimes install the sort of trash that gets advertised to me out of morbid curiosity, especially for what seemed like that stretch of time especially from like 2018-now but maybe less so lately where mobile game ads were just straight up lying about the gameplay, all those stupid “canst thou solve this puzzle that clearly doesn’t have a solution and this ad is just compelling you to try the game to prove to yourself the ad sucks” games, all of these games with seemingly endless procedurally generated levels with no actual difficulty curve (or no actual difficulty), just to kind of see how much they suck or how disingenuous the ad is. It’s a good way to pass the time while on the shitter.
By the way while some games are clever enough to not work at all if you do this but you can stop ads using Airplane Mode hehe…
I too also like the idea of being a pro enough gamer to not have to spend money and still progress but I very quickly lose interest once I feel I’ve hit the point where the game isn’t playing anymore and is expecting me to pay money or have a crappy time. One of the few exceptions to this was Let It Die, which I for some reason did subject myself to well past that point because I really could eke out a bit of progress here and there.