I don't know, but this for sure has made me quit the game for good. There are so many alternatives, like Toon Blast or Homescapes. King has to realise that Candy Crush is not the only match-3 game out there and that if they destroy it people will easily find a substitute.
The lives problem can be very easily fixed: make us able to only send one life to a friend a day. If I open the game, I can tap the "send all" button and send a life to everyone. But I can also send lives from the friends section, and if I restart the game I can send lives again. If we could only send one life to a friendβ¦
I've been playing Candy Crush since 2012 when it launched on Facebook. So many things have changed since then. The removal of Dreamworld, the removal of cutscenes, the feature to give moves to friends, and now this! I can't describe how frustrating this is. Looks like it's time to finally stop playing Candy Crush and tryβ¦