I’ve been really disappointed with Apple’s laissez-faire approach to policing this trend in their App Store, especially since their philosophy is founded on mak

I’ve been really disappointed with Apple’s laissez-faire approach to policing this trend in their App Store, especially since their philosophy is founded on making big, sweeping decisions in favour of their users. Honestly, I don't know why they haven't, because this is one of the biggest dark user patterns that exist outside of outright illegalities. We - and I - are used to giving companies like Facebook and LinkedIn shit for similar things, so why are Apple tacitly supporting this abomination. They don't even make that much from games anyway. What would the coverage be like, if the FCC fined either of those two $35.5M, as they recently did Apple[1][2]? If we believe that the App Store is a Big Deal, we should care that this is the new normal in handheld videogames. [1]: http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/01/apple-inc-will-provide-full-consumer-refunds-least-325-million http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/01/apple-... [2]: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/technology/government-and-apple-settle-childrens-app-purchase-inquiry.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/technology/government-and-...