This is an example of blatant, obvious scam, but there are also many many others that are technically fine, but effectively end up with the "customer" feeling scammed anyway.<p>Example: There are many apps that will only let you use the functionality if you agree to a 7 day free trial, which automatically starts billing you some exorbitant <i>weekly</i> fee as soon as that trial ends. Google will typically not refund this when a scammed user complains, since they technically agreed to the terms.<p>But IMO this is absolute bullshit. $50/week for a stupid flashlight app is not reasonable anywhere. It shows that the only intent of the app is to trick people. No real user would consider paying that much for what the app offers.<p>But Google benefits from this, so they do absolutely nothing about it, and the play store is full of such crap. The Google/Apple tax on every purchase you make on their platforms is pure profit, none of it is used to make the store better for the customers or genuine sellers.<p>I will avoid spending a single ₹ on these platforms as a result, and will try to avoid ever writing code for their platforms. Either my app succeeds on the open web, or it doesn't succeed at all. I'm willing to give up on the entire mobile market due to this, I'll not be part of a system that exists majorly to trick people into parting with their money and data.