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Re:Why I don't play mobile games on my smartphone by beatgammit on Sunday May 19, 2019 @10:32AM (#19953437)
They'd probably lose a ton of money if they allowed you to filter those out. People seem to pay more with in-app purchases than up front purchases, so it makes little sense for them to offer such a feature.

And in-app purchases can be done well (e.g. pay to remove ads functions basically like a free trial for me), but they've become predatory since they've started influencing game design.

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Re:Why I don't play mobile games on my smartphone by arkades on Sunday May 19, 2019 @09:17PM (#19956800)
> They'd probably lose a ton of money if they allowed you to filter those out.

Oh, I agree - which is why I don’t buy the idea that the App Store editors try to highlight “premium” games. Making them easily discoverable would be trivial - but cuts against their profit motive.

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