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Re:Pokémon Go data usage draws attention of House Energy and... by pjc50 on Thursday July 21, 2016 @05:37AM (#12135757)
The weights in the gym are labelled. Mobile games are not labelled with their data usage, nor do they track it themselves (although a phone will usually track it for you).

People can understand it, but they usually don't habitually check it, resulting in surprise bills.

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Re:Pokémon Go data usage draws attention of House Energy and... by ehnto on Thursday July 21, 2016 @06:42AM (#12135958)
Definitely a fair criticism of the analogy, and I think itnis fair to ask for more transparency from app vendors. I just don't think they should be held liable monetarily.

Some angry support tickets might be warranted though!

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