Re:Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill
by libertine on Saturday July 04, 2020 @07:54AM
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>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.
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.