Look I know that things may look like this. It's really horrible that you and others have gotten the notion that we just nod our heads and smile and then throw everything in the trash bin like some shoddy job-interviewer. :/
I think we should hold better communication with all of you. Sentiment like this doesn't come out of no where.
Also, this place ain't a police state - This is something I've been working constantly to prove ever since I came over to the Forum as an Admin. Everything is visible, nothing is to be deleted (as long as its not spam), moderation is to be applied when someone walks over the established and written rules of this here forum. No censorship. I've been a part of this industry for more than two decades. I've been on the User's side for the greater part. And know **** when I see it, and there won't be anything like this, in this forum. (Apologies for the language.)
We're not snooping and trying to lock down ways for players to benefit from something (as long as its not an exploit). Watching videos for Tokens ain't bad. Why should it be? The reward is small from those but so is their requirement - Watch a video ad. Someone might just want to do an offer for 150 tokens a pop instead. All the power to him/her. The advertisers with whom we have business relations benefit, they are happy that the people watch their stuff and we're happy that they are happy and that our player has earned a nice reward for the time they traded back. But we can't tell the providers who gets what kinds of offers nor what amounts. This is how they earn from the people who want to advertise their businesses/services/etc through their platform - Those businesses want specific demographics to see specific things. That's called Product Positioning, it's how those things work. A lot of you here know these things. I know we come out as the bad guys in the end but... we'll we take it on the chin and try to add more ways to gain rewards, most recent of which is the Challenges feature.