Apple settles with parents of children who made in-app purchases

0. phoneArena posted on 26 Feb 2013, 07:15

Apple settled a class action suit on Monday which dealt with children making in-app purchases for real money without asking their for their parents' permission; the suit was set off by as young child who spent hundreds of dollars making in-app purchases to keep virtual fish alive in a game and those purchases amounted to more than $200...

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1. lyndon420 posted on 26 Feb 2013, 07:15 1

"Those filing a claim must prove that a minor purchased the "game currency" and did not receive the password from the adult owner of the Apple device used to make the purchase."

Father to Son - "Now...just like we talked about, tell the nice judge it's your fault ok?"

2. rusticguy posted on 26 Feb 2013, 07:42 0

Difficult to prove.

5. lyndon420 posted on 26 Feb 2013, 11:12 0

Not if you've trained your kid to cry at will.

3. Mxyzptlk posted on 26 Feb 2013, 08:55 3

I don't understand how this is Apple's fault. It's the parent's responsibility to monitor their child's use of iDevices. Apple easily allows IAPs to be shut off and restricted.

I think Apple is being generous in this case and just trying to make the parents happy.

4. wumberpeb posted on 26 Feb 2013, 10:00 3

I don't understand how this is Apple's fault either. Piss poor parenting, covered up by trying to make a few bucks off a filthy rich company. That's a sad story. Maybe your kids don't need an iPod Touch at 5 years old then, huh?

7. JeffdaBeat posted on 26 Feb 2013, 15:43 1

Right there with you on this one. What happened to taking some personal responsibility? I'm not ridiculously old (late 20s), but if I pulled this when I was a kid, apart from her beating my ass, she would have taken my iPod away until I was a teenager unless I was supervised. Not for a moment would she have sued Apple. My mom would have trusted me to follow her rules and as soon as I broke that trust, she would have put me at fault.

I'm so tired of this crap of not taking personal responsibility. When I sold iPhones, I told parents that they have to monitor their children in these apps because they can buy things. Make sure the kid knows the rules. Some parents are lazy and just say, "Hey, go play with this..." and this is what you get for it. Apple should have acted like these folks were Samsung and kept them in court.

6. donfem posted on 26 Feb 2013, 11:54 0

I would assume you are not a parent...

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