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Nobody's actively taking them away from you. It is an unfortunate fact that for various reasons mobile devices are less reliable and more subject to glitches and bugs with King games (and many other company's apps). The loss of boosters is just one unfortunate consequence of that. It therefore makes sense to use them rather than lose them if you are playing on such a device.