This website loves to rail about dark patterns, but can't see that Roblox (and Apple) have colluded through dark patterns to allow this scenario to happen. The

This website loves to rail about dark patterns, but can't see that Roblox (and Apple) have colluded through dark patterns to allow this scenario to happen. Their Apple Family pay system is flaky and essentially unsupported (do not bother calling for help when it's not working, there is none), doesn't work at all if as a parent you have an Android phone, and in general is designed to obfuscate in app purchases. They'll even gladly let you buy the same app and DLC that another family member has purchased which is shareable - you just have to search through a completely separate interface to see if someone else has it already. Roblox takes this up to 11, you can set up recurring purchases on accounts below 13+ without triggering any notification to the "supervising" account, there's no "family" billing history, no ability to set alerts on purchases when you do give permissions, no ability to set monthly limits (Premium is a different kind of joke), and of course the microtransaction / freemium model is designed to frustrate every child who isn't paying to win. We banned it in our house after 2.5 years of trying to accommodate our kids who at their heart just want to play games with their friends and each other. But these companies are designed to be mini casinos. It's disgusting.