Talk:Gems/@comment-71.14.128.120-20120219000010/@comment-4709795-20120223230936

Agreed. The developers need income to simply keep the game running (servers, bandwidth, staff, etc.), let alone create more content. Backflip Studios has been kind enough not to litter our parks with ads, nor do they try to force us to connect to data-mining services such as OpenFeint, so our IAPs are what keep this game going. I too buy gems each month not because I really need them for anything, but simply because I like the game and would like to continue to play it. Sure, you're just exploiting the system to your advantage and not technically "cheating", but it is sad to see a player so willingly encouraging others to engage in activity that clearly undermines Backflip's only means of income from the game, and therefore (should too many people engage in this behavior) undermines the continued viability of the game. What a shame that people would be so greedy and blind as to do something like this.