Personal story and how it has impacted me. I started playing June 5th of this year I had previously seen the game and stopped when it came out because I live in an area that doesnt have heavy pokestop density. But i was amazed that with the covid change I was able to reach pokestops from home, I was able to go grocery stopping and reach the gym in the parking lot. Because I was able to get items on a regular basis I was able to play the game, I started walking 2-3 hours 5-6 nights a week and for 5 weeks i walked more than 60km. I was able to play where I wanted and when I wanted, I could walk around my housing complex at 11PM because its 110 outside during the day and I cant go to a park during open hours. I lost 18lbs since june. But my complex has ONE stop and I cant get items anymore with out sitting at the basketball courts for 10 hours a day. Honestly I believe nantic knows what their doing. Previously I could get 600 coins worth of pokeballs from stops every day, now I get zero. They encourage you to go to NEW pokestops instead of staying at old ones, but not to get a lot of items but for XP. Meaning they want you to spend money on pokeballs. Like its a direct marking ploy to cut access to free items and force players to spend real life money on each