How do app games that ‘give’ you money actually gain profit?

Question

There are adverts about games that say you can generate ridiculous amounts of money just by doing/playing x. Although this is obviously not efficient for the user, how do companies that claim these things gain profit?

In: Other

Answer 1

By misleading users about the amount of money they can realistically make playing these games, while simultaneously bombarding them with ads and selling their personal information to third parties.