While I generally agree with what you are saying and have agreed all along, there is now a money cheat built into the game by the developers. Is it necessary to use? Of course not. I already had close to .5M of legit cash I worked for (and had actually spent around that already)Most slobs do it for infinite $, then fuck their game, then come crying in here, then realise $ means nothing, then the game updates with new useless stuff to buy, then they cheat again, then the end-game Evie joke makes them question their IQ, then they come here again to ponder if a fake cake leading to a red herring is the universal truth they were seeking all their lives
So I used the cheat. Not because I needed it, and I doubt it will speed up game play. I just figured why not? It shouldn't break the game if the devs intentionally wrote it in.
As far as the red herring I can understand some not understanding its meaning, however it wasn't the only hint it was a joke. He mentioned it was images not in the game folder. So unless there was an external link embedded, it literally had to be a hoax.