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by evilduck 5004 days ago
That doesn't stop the app from prompting for the in-app purchases, it just prevents unwanted transactions.

Go download Talking Tom (it's "free") and see what parents complain about. Turning off purchasing doesn't stop my 2 year old from hitting one of three or four "upgrade" buttons available on screen at any given moment, bringing up a popup or opening a browser or the app store for cross promotions. I would have actually bought the damn thing because of the entertainment it provides if it weren't for refusing to support the total sleaziness of that monetization method.
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inthewoods 5003 days ago
Exactly - I'm actually considering going to the Kindle because it supposedly has a mode where you can determine what your children have access to.
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evilduck 5003 days ago
I don't know if that will help. You can already lock down iOS pretty tightly for kids. It's the apps themselves that are the problem.

There's just a huge, annoying trend of making apps crippled or annoyware until you buy some ridiculous IAP. AFAIK, that situation is not much different on Kindle/Android.

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