"Hello from the other side!"

#PokemonGO: Hello PoGo community - just wanted to reach out to those of you considering uninstalling and quitting due to Niantic's latest "improvements" to their game and say it feels really good to do so even if it sucks at first.I was a day 1 player who really enjoyed playing. I was not a hardcore player but I kept up with my Pokedex, played all the events, and paid for coins because I had a disposable income and it made it easier.When Niantic started reverting pandemic changes and got rid of the expanded PokeStop/gym distance I quit. There had been many paper cut issues up until that point but that change was the final straw for me. I deleted the app and never went back.Now I know they reverted that change but they've been continuing to make those paper cut changes over and over. And no amount of protesting or feedback from their community has deterred them from actively making their player experience worse.It feels SO MUCH BETTER to not be playing anymore and watching this all from the outside for years confirms that. I don't feel blatantly taken advantage of anymore by a game that's just meant to be fun. Sure it was annoying at first to not have the routines and I did feel FOMO the first few events I missed. But eventually I missed enough that it'd be too hard to catch back up and I felt properly detached.So to everyone considering taking the leap this time I wish you the best of luck and I'm here to say it's way more fun after a time to just be outside the game and watching it implode than playing and being frustrated with constant middle fingers to the players. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/uzoGlFf