Once you've played a fair and truly exponential clicker through a few times you can't tolerate the forced linearity of a pay-to-win clicker app.
I have to say that UP was definitely a much better experience.
Universal Paperclips cures/inoculates against Cookie Clicker 2 easily. Cookie Clicker Classic looks too addictive for me to let myself try it.
Once you've played a fair and truly exponential clicker through a few times you can't tolerate the forced linearity of a pay-to-win clicker app.