The Finger Spinner iOS game is about free-to-play monetization, not fidget spinning
May 22, 2017 | Uncategorized

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Fidget spinners are the most important thing happening in our culture right now, so it’s only natural that a free-to-play iOS game called Finger Spinner is at the top of the charts.
To save you the trouble of downloading it and finding out: yes, it’s bad. It’s not just that it’s low quality; it’s bad in a moral sense, too.
A virtual fidget spinner is the top free app in the app store right now.
— Troy Osinoff (@yo) May 22, 2017
Here are the basics: there’s a fidget spinner on the screen, and you swipe to spin it. But! You only get a few swipes, and then you watch the spinner (quickly) lose momentum. You get coins for however many spins you managed, and then you use those coins to upgrade your fidget…