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What you are describing is well and good but also nothing new. Parents putting financial pressure on others by spoiling their kids with toys and treats isn't a
by Sacho 10y ago
What you are describing is well and good but also nothing new. Parents putting financial pressure on others by spoiling their kids with toys and treats isn't a new phenomenon. The article is misguided in aiming its ire at IAP(there's plenty of other legitimate grievances to have with them, but think of the children is just emotional clickbait).
- paulmd 10y agoThere's nothing wrong with the concept of age gating. Why not let kids play slot machines on the bus? Why not let kids dose themselves with stimulants on their ride in? Chemically it's all more or less the same. Dopamine releases are dopamine releases, and as a society we have pretty conclusively determined that kindergarten is not the right time for any brain to handle that. Especially once you descend into the level of outright psychological manipulation that is the freemium app market at present.