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Re:"Free-to-play" misleading advertising in Europe by diziet on Saturday March 01, 2014 @12:51AM (#7323296)
Are apps without iAPs but with ads to be considered 'free'?
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Re:"Free-to-play" misleading advertising in Europe by trentmb on Saturday March 01, 2014 @12:57AM (#7323307)
Sure. The experience is the same for all users. Paying money doesn't change it.
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Re:"Free-to-play" misleading advertising in Europe by jkrems on Saturday March 01, 2014 @07:40PM (#7327031)
"Free" as opposed to "paid" refers to one specific resource (money) being paid by the user to the developer. So yes, they are free in that regard. Otherwise you could start to argue that loading screens make an app non-free because they cost you time.
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Re:"Free-to-play" misleading advertising in Europe by bookwormAT on Saturday March 01, 2014 @01:18AM (#7323358)
I personally don't consider them free. But I think most people do.
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