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If that were standard policy then parents might get the idea to let their kids just spend whatever they want on FB games knowing it'll just get refunded, effect
by shawnz 8y ago
If that were standard policy then parents might get the idea to let their kids just spend whatever they want on FB games knowing it'll just get refunded, effectively scamming app developers.
- criddell 8y agoWhich might lead to fewer micro-transactions in games marketed to kids? I'm okay with that.
- shawnz 8y agoAgreed with you there. The real solution is to prevent them from happening in the first place, but I guess a refund policy which is very favourable for the player could help encourage that.
- mxfh 8y agoIn most legal systems contracts/transactions with minors are void to begin with and not enforcable. It's beyond me, why transactions beyond a limited monthly allowance are even possible, if the game is clearly aimed at minors. The burden of checking age for each transaction should be with the seller, as it is enforced in retail. If the seller doesnt check for proof, then the transaction should be trivially refundable at least.
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- ilikehurdles 8y agoThe app developers that are selling microtransactions to children? I’m not sure I’m supposed to feel pity. Even if they weren’t sold to kids, if every such game disappeared off of the app stores tomorrow, I would be more happy than upset. This software exists solely to manipulate irrational gambling tendencies.
- wanderfowl 8y agoThis seems like a feature, not a bug. If developers know that tricking or coercing kids into IAPs will not profit them, they will stop doing so. And even putting the kid issue aside, anything that discourages repeated-purchase IAPs is itself a net benefit to gaming and app development.