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the article talks about a setting to lock down a child’s ability to charge the credit card on file. Anyone else wondering why this ‘setting’ is opt-in instead o
by shrumm 6y ago
the article talks about a setting to lock down a child’s ability to charge the credit card on file. Anyone else wondering why this ‘setting’ is opt-in instead of opt-out?
- beervirus 6y agoBecause most iPads are used by adults, not children?
- DangitBobby 6y agoSpending money should be a deliberate action that requires authentication unless you have explicitly enabled one-click purchases.
- applecrazy 6y agoIt is though. It asks for biometric auth or a password by default.
- bachmeier 6y agoI'd like to see this tested in court. You can't enter into a contract without knowing you're entering into a contract. Opt-out vs opt-in is a big red flag.
- spunker540 6y agoTotally agree. Plus most purchases in the physical are returnable, even after some use. There's no way to argue that it's technically infeasible to "return" digital points or whatever. That's just apple and devs just being dicks saying "sorry we have your money now and there's nothing we can do..."
- usrusr 6y agoBecause no-one takes a cut from a transaction that does not happen. The incentives are pretty clear.
- ObsoleteNerd 6y agoIt’s default on kids accounts on iOS. This sounds more like she let her kid use her own iPad on her own account, not her kids account. Also when you use the App Store the first time on a fresh device it asks if you want to use a password (or Face ID etc) on each purchase, where she chose not to. I’ve recently set up an iPad for my kid and any purchase needs a password entered into her device then also gets sent for manual approval to our phones, and my wife and I have password/face protection for every purchase on the App Store including free apps. I despise the predatory methods used by apps to tempt kids into IAPs but also in this case the mum specifically chose to disable passwords on purchased and let her kid use her iPad with her adult account without monitoring her.
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago> It’s default on kids accounts on iOS. This sounds more like she let her kid use her own iPad on her own account, not her kids account Given that iPads are expensive and don’t support multiple accounts, this doesn’t seem so unreasonable.
- londons_explore 6y agoIt's time iOS supported accounts on every device. Then devices needent be so locked to a person. "Oh, the battery is dead on your iPhone? Log into mine for the day".
- microtherion 6y agoYou really have to go out of your way to even set up an iDevice without any passcode protection in the first place, and you have to go out of your way to set it up without any protection for app store purchases, so this is a customer who went through multiple opt-in screens to let anybody with physical access to the device buy anything on the app store they wanted, and then handed off the device to their kid... I hate predatory apps as much as the next person, and there is a lot of garbage out there, but at some point, the customer also bears responsibility for their actions.
- chrismcb 6y agoI thought it was opt in. And has been did several years. I remember seeing up my recent iPad having to deal with it. Want apple sued a while back for the same thing?