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> If someone chooses to drop 1k to buy any app, one must assume they made some consideration before buying. The first iPhone was released in 2007. In 2008 peop
by 2muchcoffeeman 6y ago
> If someone chooses to drop 1k to buy any app, one must assume they made some consideration before buying.
The first iPhone was released in 2007. In 2008 people had only just begun writing apps and publishing to the app store. It's probably fair to say that people were still finding their way around the app store and some people were just curious.
Kids have sometimes ended up dropping thousands of dollars on stupid in-app purchases in games. I'm pretty sure they spent zero time considering the consequences.
Generally I think consumer protections are a good thing.
- SllX 6y agoApp Store launch was late 2008, something like 15 months after the iPhone launched, which is to reinforce your point. At the time the ground rules were not at all well established, only what was in that first policy document developers had to sign and Apple hadn’t yet accounted for any of the edge cases developers would come to discover. App Store descriptions were also more prominent at launch than they are today. The developer did nothing to obfuscate what it was nor to try and cheat anyone. The price was there, the description was there. It was exactly what he advertised.