I am guessing it is something their marketing team shows people will spend more money as it makes it more difficult. It seems like candy crush is making all these changes to see more profit. I will not spend another penny on this game while in portrait.
Please change this back to landscape. What gives you the right to decide how I want to hold my iPad. I have severe hand disabilities and cannot hold it that way. I can’t even guess what was going through your mind. I feel like you are discriminating against the handicap with this format!