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		pluies on Dec 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] Checking on the App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tap-fish-2/id443891725?mt=8), you can buy less than $99 worth of "FishBucks". Most in-app purchases are between $1 and $10. It's just a freemium as any other. You can disable in-app purchases with Parental Controls, which should be used by, you know, parents, to, err, control. Of course, being The Daily Show (or should I say "American TV"?), it's completely one-sided and exaggerated. That gets the message across, I guess.

earthboundkid on Dec 13, 2011 [–]

Disabling in-app purchase is something new that was added to the App Store because of complaints by parents whose kids ran up huge bills.

johnbatch on Dec 13, 2011 | [–]

Parental restrictions allowing you to disable in-app purchase were released the same time in-app purchase was released with IOS 3.0.

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