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Re:Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill by Kuinox on Saturday July 04, 2020 @01:01PM (#23733501)
Devil's advocate: It's not 4500$, but a lot of microtransactions. A lot of mobiles games make most of their money on "Whales" that represent less than 1% of their playerbase.
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Re:Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill by Shared404 on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:32AM (#23744710)
That doesn't make this pricing model any more ethical.

To Roblox's credit however, they did refund the money when asked.

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