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In app purchases - surely wrong in a kid's game?

1 pointsby dansingermanover 14 years ago

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dansingermanover 14 years ago
While I can kind of understand why someone might want to pay for virtual goods an app clearly targeted at kids that can potentially make an in-app purchase of tens of dollars with no further authentication is plainly wrong.<p>Also in the iTunes description the developer states "iOS will keep you logged on for 15 minutes after you download the App. Additional purchases won't require a re-entry of the password during this 15 minutes interval. This is a function of the iOS software <i>and not within our control</i>" (My emphasis)<p>Any good developer would make sure the UX made it clear when you were making an in-app purchase in an appropriate way. It's not good enough to blame it on iOS.