I follow your logic , but you ' re stepping over common sense to get there . Bottom line the current state of the game is less fun for me , and I ' m spending less time in the app . Yesterday I had more reason to check sightings and play because a walk down the street is not a significant commitment . Today , I often don ' t bother checking nearby because the commitment of getting in the car and driving half a mile is something I ' m not willing to do at any given time . These theoretical bonuses you mention don ' t exist when you aren ' t playing . <| sep |> Me and the wife have a thing where we refuse to spend 50 p coins and put them in a jar . 50 p is fuck all really . We did this for a few years and it just kinda became habbit . We realised we had 6 tubs full of 50 p coins and 3 grand saved . Also instead of having take away food we change our minds but put what we would have spent in a jar and that saved us a fortune