Apple Adds 'Offers In-App Purchases' Disclosure for App Store Apps [Update: Now on iOS Stores]

...or it should say "You should play with your kids instead".

Yes because all parents do is play with their kids, they never need the kids to be quiet for half an hour while you cook dinner etc.

This is designed for stupid / ignorant / lawsuit happy people.

This comment is designed for people with a false sense of superiority.

...or it should say "You should play with your kids instead".

Already a bunch of naysayers (pretty standard for any apple news), but I think this is great. I'm not worried about making accidental purchases, but I like having a quick way to know if I'm buying an entire app or if they are going to nickel and dime me for "add ons" or anything else. It's commendable to be creating more informed consumers.

Forgive my ignorance, but if you make an in-app purchase, doesn't it require your password? :confused:

Yes. Of course, some people _are_ stupid and give their kids a password and the kids know the credit card. More problematic, once you enter the password (to download a free app), it keeps working for 15 minutes. Which is excellent if you are looking for a dozen songs to download and don't have to enter your password each time, but bad if your kids can buy super power berries for $100 in a game.

An improvement to the password "15 minute" rule would be to allow no purchases more expensive than the original one. So: Free game -> no paid purchases. 99cent game -> no purchases over 99cent. That would stop the worst cases, but you can still download a dozen songs within fifteen minutes.

I'd like to see "Free" apps with in app purchases in a completely separate category from apps that are actually free/ad supported.

If only they could add common sense so easily.

I was waiting to see how long it would take for someone to crab about this seemingly simple and reasonable little addition, which does no harm to anyone, and adds no restrictions at all to the Buyers "freedom".

It took 5 posts!

I guess for some, life is not fun if you can't complain...

I think it's a shame that race-to-the-bottom prices for terrific creative work, coupled with shameless and greedy abuse of IAP by some developers, has given a bad name to what can be the best system for all:

- Get the app for free. It's limited (demo/lite).

- If you want to buy, you don't need to download a second app! Nor lose your progress. Just upgrade.

- Developer only has one app to maintain.

- Even with a paid game, IAP is a great and fair way to compensate developers for adding level packs or further content.

I despise consumable IAP (and also pay-to-win), but one-time purchases of things that have real value and took talent to make? Like full games and major add-on content? Things we've always paid for even before iOS existed? For them it just seems like a convenient option: do it in-app instead of buying a second app. But a game that uses this convenience will be stigmatized by people not paying attention and saying "all IAP is bad."

And even some games with consumable IAP are great fun: they're balanced so that you don't need the consumables. Jetpack Joyride etc. (Nor do I necessarily always object to a subscription model for a game: it does give me pause, but I realize that some games have ongoing server and moderation costs.)

(As for kids, the only way to truly stop parents from handing their credit card to kids is to not let adults buy anything either! Mistakes will always be made.)

Better to also show average $ people spend on in-app purchases, to see how much those "free" apps REALLY cost.

I like that idea. Make some distinction between a crazy IAP money-grab and simply using IAP as a convenient way to foster conventional and optional transactions.

Yes because all parents do is play with their kids, they never need the kids to be quiet for half an hour while you cook dinner etc.

Love ya, man!

I'm guessing most vocal "bad parenting" pricks are either barren or have a stay-at-home wife that does all the work for little recognition... (Gross generalization, I admit!)

I'm a single father and and coming back from work/school means cooking a good healthy dinner, so it is TV time until it is ready.

Of course, I could microwave something unhealthy then maybe I'd be considered a good parent...

Anyways, app store password restriction is set to "immediately", as well as disabled app deletion... For when I'm being a bad parent while driving 2 hours to some relatives...