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Re:"Free-to-play" misleading advertising in Europe by mikhailt on Saturday March 01, 2014 @01:56AM (#7323448)
> ..damn, if you don't want to pay, you don't have to. Apple tells you straight out if a game, free or otherwise, has IAP. They provide you with prices.

If they're saying it's the free game of the week, people actually understood it to mean it's actually free. Several of my friends and family members got confused with this and actually thought the IAP was free as well.

> So... your problem is that you don't enjoy some free games? You think if a game isn't good enough, it shouldn't be free? That's harsh.

What does enjoyment have to do with anything? That wasn't the point, the point is the marketing, not the games itself. I don't have a problem with the games, I have a problem with the marketing saying they're free entirely.

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Re:"Free-to-play" misleading advertising in Europe by jasonlotito on Saturday March 01, 2014 @02:11AM (#7323485)
You: "What does enjoyment have to do with anything?"

You from a parent comment: "Their free app of the week is often so-called free games but they almost always have in-app purchases that's required to actually enjoy the game."

> Several of my friends and family members got confused with this and actually thought the IAP was free as well.

Yep. I'm done.

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