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Unintended purchases are a real issue. I've witnessed first hand how young kids tend to press anything on the screen without any thought. I saw them press and n
by rexf 7y ago
Unintended purchases are a real issue. I've witnessed first hand how young kids tend to press anything on the screen without any thought. I saw them press and nearly purchase youtube's "Super Chat, a tool that lets you pay to pin comments on live streams" without knowing what it was.
- jethro_tell 7y agoEspecially if it gets in the way of the content they are looking to use/view, they are just clicking buttons to get things moving and then next thing you know your google account bought an app.
- xvector 7y agoDo you guys seriously put your kids on an account with credit card access? That sounds like a recipe for disaster.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoAll that needs to be true is that enough people make this mistake to warrant the UI change. No condescension or lecture needed.
- nsomaru 7y ago“Enough people” does not make a questionable act less questionable
- rtkwe 7y agoUnless you're giving them their own device it's easy to make a mistake and have an account with a CC accessible.
- jethro_tell 7y agoEven with a full password for confirmation, or without a CC, you can still see them click the link. The behavior is the same, and the reason that takes you to a purchase page is because someone is doing it.