Niantic defeated the purpose of their own game. They disabled the biggest and most reliable pokemon tracker, something that brought people together with the game better than the game itself, they forewent fixing their own tracker by taking out the steps altogether, they abused the **** out of catch and escape rates to over monetize the core function of the game, and they disabled the ability for people who play the game on their public transport or carpool work commute to play the game.
As far as I'm concerned the only way to play this game the way it was originally released is to spoof. Or as Peener said just play the originals. And tbh, the QoL of the game the way it is, the originals are greatly preferable. F2P players have to resort to spending their entire day at Stops to get regular play in. Otherwise you can basically catch a few vanilla ass pokemon a week. Not worth it. I'd rather play Pokemon Crystal over and over again than waste all my balls on 4-5 Pidgeys and Rattatas. I hope everyone starts spoofing and people stop spending money on the game. Niantic can go to hell.
