>That is crazy how the girl managed to spend THAT much in a period of a month.

If you think about it, it's not that hard if she keeps getting queues to spend more without any track of how much she spent.

Hell when I was a kid and internet was paid by the hour, we got a lot of months with spending out of control and big bills for our standards, because you lose track of time/spend.

I bet the game doesn't tell "You've spent X so far!".

Such apps are designed precisely for that.

Hopefully some EU country will label such behaviors as gaming addiction, and make stores have triggers to control such behavior.

Happens on xbox/ps too. The best way to handle it is to explain to your children how it works and educate them. I allow mine to spend money on Fortnite skins because they know what they are getting and what it is costing. Their cousin, I recently found out, spent £400 on Roblox tat after taking their parents credit card. Now the excuse can never be I didn't know, which is what their cousin said, even though she had taken the card and used the details, as opposed to it already being registered and the child just clicking 'buy' with no awareness.

Don’t let the app stores off the hook. They collect 30% and dictate tons of less meaningful design choices. They could make this go away. But then Apple would have to explain to it’s shareholders how a majority of it’s services revenue is actually generated by gambling addicts and children.