Dear Editor, Zynga's games do provide valuable connection and distraction, but over the years the company has become excessively greedy, with cost of in-game purchases soaring and many crudded-up "passes" and other stuff to buy constantly promoted in Words with Friends. At one time they only had a modest fee to buy out of ads and another modest charge for hindsights. It was a better game then and tempted no one to bust their budget.