Server Update

Niantic recently pushed a server update to randomize Pokémon IV. Sadly this punishes anyone not spoofing. This is not the first time an update got pushed to try and prevent spoofers and cheaters, but has also hurt regular people just trying to play the game. Niantic are clearly not prepared for such a large player base and large number of players wanting fixes. They are struggling to keep up with server issues and ways to prevent cheaters. The sad part is since they havent had a large player base to handle in the past they dont understand all the ripple effect impacts that happen when trying to punish cheaters or how it actually hurts them as well. For instance, I have been playing this game since its release and initially I spent a significant amount of money on incubators, fully expanded my back pack and poke storage, incenses, eggs, etc. on my account alone Ive probably spent a a couple hundred easy and when I convinced my wife to play initially she spent about a hundred as well. My wife and I would have fun checking poke IV of Pokémon we just caught at the park and the other would go catch it immediately if it was perfect or battle of the best, and now Niantic has taken away a favorite past time for both of us. Not to mention a past update they did to attempt to stop cheaters makes the Apple Watch app shutdown or close out randomly. I responded to them immediately about this and the first thing they email back is that I should troubleshoot my devices and it sent me a list of troubleshooting suggestions. I have several computer certifications by Comp TIA and am a computer science major. I would tend to think I can spot an update flaw, but whatever. I will say they have re-responded after I unhappily had to email back that it had nothing to do with my device and only occurred immediately after the update and sadly I was a bit more sarcastic, but at least they admitted it was a known error that theyre working on instead trying to say it was me. Due to these and other experiences, like myself and my wifes app crashing right before an egg hatch especially a 10k, and then not getting the hatched Pokémon in inventory, journal or otherwise, but lose the egg and any incubator uses and many others, myself and my wife have not purchased anything from the game since these and other events and probably never will again. In fact she debated on purchasing incubators during the Easter event but I talked her out of it due to the crashes and loss of uses that still occur and have sent emails to niantic with virtually no response. This game is slowly dying and I personally know over 50 people that have quit the game and/or deleted the app because of the lack of solving app issues and more care about trying to put game wide limits to help stop cheaters, while punishing honest players time and time again. This will happen again soon Im sure of it, the only thing Im debating is what will they do to get me to delete the app for good?

Davisre28 about Pokémon GO, v1.31.0