Well, it is a "clicker". They are, in essence, games about grinding.
Was there a message or just a coincidence? There was a new version and for Chrome I had to clear the cache, but would otherwise be able to play the game on old version.
And funnily enough, I gained mulitplier without knowing from where. I had 9, logged in later and now have 17 after hitting it with the wheel once. But that does not give +8.
Punishing players is of course within the bounds of what the devs could do - if they would care. But without multiplayer there is no real reason to protect other players and they would piss on possible future customers. What they might be wanting to protect is their Server, should too much clicking be a problem.
Since I broke my Mousebutton several times over the years I either use Keyboardmouse or an adjustable Autoclicker I scripted myself. So I am of course concerned. But I do not leave such stuff overnight.
When I clicked away on the browser version (on Chrome) it was apparent, that the Interace would not register the clicks, but rather buffer them. Bc after deactivating the ac there would be clicking for quite a while going on.
The dl version does not have that problem.
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Suspected strategy for the stock trade:
Try to get tier 2 or better 3.
Buy in the lower part. Sell in the upper part.
Rinse, repeat every 20 minutes (or whatever cooldown tier 3 has)
Increase money by 50% each time. Double or more with tier3 propably.
I was missing about 200 lvl to next company lvl and was able to afford the next Upgrade of a girl this way. To wait out or click the money would have took maybe 4 days.
So the stock trade is only good for the point in a company, when it will take you hours or longer to farm the next upgrade.