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Re:Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill by apsanz on Saturday July 04, 2020 @10:07AM (#23732267)
Which of course is the same reason why android and ios will never show you data on how often you use your phone and allow you to send less time on your phone...

They don't want kids sending thousands of dollars. It is bad PR for pocket change for them. They already have options in the OS to prevent this. They just need to change the defaults and a few additional features.

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Re:Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill by occamschainsaw on Saturday July 04, 2020 @10:29AM (#23732418)
Both iOS(Screen Time)[1] and Android(Digital Wellbeing)[2] show how much you use your phone and let you set limits for smartphone usage. 1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982 2. https://wellbeing.google/
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Re:Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill by michaelmrose on Sunday July 05, 2020 @09:14PM (#23743751)
Is a reasonable spending limit set by default?
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