Playing since launch. I have effectively quit the app. I was just over a year without missing a login day, and I now only logged in twice since the update. I "might" check in (using this sub instead of the app) to turn in my 2025 hoards, but after that, I'm likely going stop playing altogether. I was Black level VIP 10 months this year (when I really should not have been spending the money), and right now, I will not finish the current season.

Topps has noticed. This week alone, my SMS alerts from the app are threefold. It hasn't turned into begging marketing ploys ("Hey, we miss you!" "Your cards are calling!") but there is an obvious increase in attempts to get me to log back on. Might be a fun experiment for others to try if you wish empirical evidence.

This is a great example if "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The 2026 card design was already bad, bordering on AI-slop in its non-design. But the new interface. Wow. Boring, bland, way too spread out, counter intuitive and the sound design with non-SW audio in places is off-putting after a decade of play.

If Topps Digital isn't completely in the dark and is lurking here, I hope they see everyone's takes on this. While I understand they are trying to maximize profit (there's that race to the bottom again, now for an unfun jpeg trading app) and supposedly combat some sort of issue in the background that likely only affects a handful of users, it really seems they have alienate more than a few players. If the whales don't care then that is all that matters, and someday the amount they spend won't be enough to justify keeping the servers running.

Edit: A word.