I was pleased last year when Apple finally took a proactive stance and reached out to 28 million App Store customers who might have been bamboozled by shady in-app purchases in games designed to take advantage of children. However, even that action had dubious beginnings stemming from a class action lawsuit that Apple settled this summer. Most recently, Apple settled a similar issue with the FTC over in-app purchases. Before the FTC could tout its “win” with Apple over the issue, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook sent out an email to all employees.
Apple is coming to terms with the loss of their Steve Jobs reality distortion field. No longer can absurd claims be made, and accepted without the slightest question, by people.
They'd do themselves a favor by becoming slightly more modest with regard to their own products and practices.
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The App Store and Children, or Tim Cook's Latest Crock of Bull
Posted by: Chris Maxcer January 16, 2014 05:00 AMI was pleased last year when Apple finally took a proactive stance and reached out to 28 million App Store customers who might have been bamboozled by shady in-app purchases in games designed to take advantage of children. However, even that action had dubious beginnings stemming from a class action lawsuit that Apple settled this summer. Most recently, Apple settled a similar issue with the FTC over in-app purchases. Before the FTC could tout its “win” with Apple over the issue, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook sent out an email to all employees.
They'd do themselves a favor by becoming slightly more modest with regard to their own products and practices.