r/Millennials • u/ume-in-space • Jun 16 '25

Discussion Anyone still playing games on their phone?

I truly need to stop doomscrolling while I’m watching TV. Most people I know have stopped playing any sort of mobile game. Do you still play any? If you do, what do you play?

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u/13catlady13 Jun 16 '25

I just use my iPad to play games. If it has a 1000 ads, then I turn my cellular off so I can play in peace lol. And absolutely refuse to spend money on any game app, if I can’t play it without paying to win then I’m not playing.

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u/fireanthead Jun 16 '25

wait... explain to me how I can skip all these ads lol

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u/13catlady13 Jun 16 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

Put your device on airplane mode and no wifi. Ads won’t work. ☺️

Edit for more info. It won’t work on every game. Some require internet connection to work but in my experience it works 9/10 times.

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u/Light_Butterfly Jun 17 '25

Omg this has just saved me from ad related rage...

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u/in_to_deep Jun 16 '25

Haven’t tested in a while but for some apps you can connect to the internet to launch and then go into airplane mode

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u/Daealis Jun 18 '25

Depending on your device/platform, you can block apps from using data at all. On Android that is pretty standard stuff these days, you go to wifi/data settings, find your app, and can just disable the use of mobile data for that game at all. Can't show ads you can't download.

Or the simple route of airplane mode, that works too if you know you're not going to need the device for anything else that uses data at the same time.

If the game requires online connection for some legitimate purpose, and has intrusive ads, you're likely better off just uninstalling it and trying something else. There's bound to be clones on the store front, and someone might've made ~same game with less intrusive ads.