Pushing Buttons: The true cost of ‘free’ mobile games

In this week’s newsletter: The boom years of smartphone gaming have given way to a naked cash-grab that rewards player-unfriendly designDon’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIn the first half of the 2010s, when smartphones became ubiquitous, mobile gaming was exciting new terrain for both developers and players. Here was a new platform, suddenly, in everyone’s pocket, with a touchscreen that was so much easier to use than a controller and a built-in aud