Remembering what I played a year ago and playing again

It seems like ads have started appearing in the middle of the game. It's subtly stressful. Originally, you only had to watch an ad if you wanted all the good skills, etc., and there were no forced ads. I struggled for about 30 minutes having to go through the tutorial just to get to the data recovery screen. The startup time is longer than before, card synthesis (?) takes time, and the visuals have become somewhat eye-straining. I wish it was more like last year when it was simpler. It's a half-idle game where you drop balls into cups from above to multiply them, choose and buy skills, and clear stages. It's quite fun, but the translation is weird compared to before. Like "Jumping" becoming "Ricochet". If I were to continue, it'd be better to pay 350 yen for no forced ads, but I can't help but think about how it used to be free, and now I might have to watch ads more than twice to clear 15 stages in one level. I hope it doesn't get any worse.