March 1, 2013

Beware the In-App Purchases

Filed under: News — admin @ 8:27 am

I don’t know which is worse, the lure of in-app advertising targeted at kids or parents who let their wee tots use electronics without supervision?

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3 Comments

  1. I’ve talked to people who give Apple crap for not giving them a refund, which makes no sense to me. If your unsupervised kid broke your TV you wouldn’t ring up Samsung and demand a refund. I don’t see why this is any different.

    Comment by gamerguy473 — March 1, 2013 @ 10:00 am

  2. Actually, never mind, I wish I could edit comments. I saw the headline and assumed the story hadn’t changed. When I read it yesterday it said they didn’t get refunded.

    Comment by gamerguy473 — March 1, 2013 @ 10:01 am

  3. This episode reminds me of the early days, after the breakup of the phone monopoly. There were various “976” numbers you could dial and pay a per minute call. It was the dawn of phone sex, but also dial-a-joke and other pay-per call numbers. Kids did the same thing back then, racking up thousand-dollar phone bills.

    Nice to see that Apple is forgiving, but that may not last long!

    Comment by admin — March 1, 2013 @ 11:08 am

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