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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: maxy on April 12, 2013, 05:11:41 AM

Title: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: maxy on April 12, 2013, 05:11:41 AM: It begins.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-12-after-children-rack-up-huge-bills-uk-government-announces-investigation-into-aggressive-in-app-purchases

Apple :piss2
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 12, 2013, 06:25:00 AM: You mean :piss bad parents :piss2
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: maxy on April 12, 2013, 07:11:49 AM: Quote from: Premium Lager on April 12, 2013, 06:25:00 AM
You mean :piss bad parents :piss2

Apple=bad parents=Apple
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Damian79 on April 12, 2013, 08:35:51 AM: Quote from: Premium Lager on April 12, 2013, 06:25:00 AM
You mean :piss bad parents :piss2

Bullshit. The whole thing was designed to sucker idiots and get money from technologically illiterate people with kids. Its disgusting and you know it.
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: mjemirzian on April 12, 2013, 08:48:51 AM: They should have bought their kid a Cave shoot em up instead. :-[
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 12, 2013, 09:10:43 AM: Hopefully, the UK will pass a law that demolishes the entire F2P/P2W model.
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Powerslave on April 12, 2013, 09:16:13 AM: This is awesome.
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Don Flamenco on April 12, 2013, 09:56:17 AM: Awesome. Hopefully they'll move on to investigating other gaming related atrocities, like ninja gaiden 3
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 12, 2013, 09:59:13 AM: Maybe yall should move to north korea if you dont like good ole capitalism and FREEDOM
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Don Flamenco on April 12, 2013, 10:05:48 AM: does this North Korea accept bitcoin?
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Post by: mjemirzian on April 12, 2013, 10:10:28 AM: Lager's shaking the hornet's nest. :P
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 12, 2013, 07:43:35 PM: Apple has a kill switch on apps, but British intelligence has a license to kill ... apps
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Purple Filth on April 12, 2013, 08:33:01 PM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 12, 2013, 06:54:46 AM
Ehn, it's not *why* I wanted it to happen, but I'm glad it *is* happening. Saw this coming far away, and if the industry doesn't smarten up and self-regulate a bit better, it's only going to get worse.

Aka the Government steps in
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Purple Filth on April 13, 2013, 12:01:59 AM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 12, 2013, 09:42:07 PM
there are degrees to which the government can step in. the stuff they're talking about now is pretty mild. they could slap the entire freemium genre of game with a gambling tag and make it illegal for minors and i think that would smart a bit more.

That would suck but damn the whole freemium thing rubs me the wrong way due to how blatant it has become (Real racing 3 is :-X)
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 13, 2013, 03:50:35 AM: I read that Dungeon Hunters 4 is even worse then RR3. There is like a 4 hour cooldown on potions.
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2013, 07:43:33 AM: maybe apple could require a separate password and confirmation for in-app purchases?
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: magus on April 13, 2013, 10:06:00 AM: Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2013, 07:43:33 AM
maybe apple could require a separate password and confirmation for in-app purchases?

how do you end up spending 1000$ on in-app purchases without realizing it anyway? or heck can't you just not link your credit card to your kid ipad or something?
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: archie4208 on April 13, 2013, 10:15:23 AM: If I'm reading it correctly, Valve games could potentially be targeted because they rely on a slot machine system for certain cosmetic items.

Quote from: magus on April 13, 2013, 10:06:00 AM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2013, 07:43:33 AM
maybe apple could require a separate password and confirmation for in-app purchases?

how do you end up spending 1000$ on in-app purchases without realizing it anyway? or heck can't you just not link your credit card to your kid ipad or something?

Tech unaware parents plus the fact that purchasing is incredibly simple and seamless.
Title: Re: UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases
Post by: DCharlieJP on April 14, 2013, 08:17:26 AM: It's the whole "well, our game was designed to be played over XX weeks - you don't have to buy the in game items" line that really sucks the big one

Watching wife and kid play Hay Day (or whatever the farming thing is called) - they are in cohoots together to gib the system but the game is just one endless excuse to get you to pay for shit.