customers buy the adfree version and still have the option to watch rewarded ads

I'm confused. I thought the whole point of rewarded ads was to not have them anywhere else on your platform, other than the reward thing. it's pretty horrible design to have rewarded ads and then more ads elsewhere. Like what's the point then. And then having a paid option to remove ads beyond that now is ludicrous and honestly close to predatory.

I'd say not have ads anywhere else in your platform other than the reward center where a person who wants to play for free can watch an ad, someone who doesn't and would rather pay just has a straight microtransaction option. no paid version that removes ads because any ad is optional. and on days the one who typically goes the microtransaction route doesn't want to pay can still just watch an ad, and on days where the player who typically just plays free and watches ads feels like paying has that option. like i don't see where a paid option that removes ads helps here. is there ads elsewhere in the game? because if that's the case, that's just shxt.

that or if you care more about fairness/balance than profit, give a cap on how many ads free players can watch in a single day for rewards and just have that as a set daily reward for paying players. this decreases your potential ad revenue though.