Homescapes and Gardenscapes ads banned as misleading

Tutman

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Two misleading ads for mobile games that bear little relation to the actual product have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

The ads, for the Homescapes and Gardenscapes games, both come from developer Playrix.

They showed a game where users pull pins in a specific order to solve a puzzle - though the actual games had totally different "core gameplay".
The ASA said the ads should not be used again.
 

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These Ads will be back.

For example:
Google does zero vetting for their Ads on YouTube, one of the largest social networks. 9 times out of 10, mobile games Ads are misleading or scams.

Only interested in $.
 
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