subject: U.S. Regulators Looking Into Kids' Overspending on In App Purchases [print this page] U.S. Regulators Looking Into Kids' Overspending on In App Purchases
Parents need to grow up and be just that....parents and not the kid's buddy, etc.
We do not need Government to step in here, Apple provides several ways for parents to control this:
Parents need to grow up and be just that....parents and not the kid's buddy, etc.
We do not need Government to step in here, Apple provides several ways for parents to control this:
Do not give your kids your iTunes password
Setup a unique iTunes account for each child
Setup an allowance on each account
Make sure that the account is link to a prepaid card that only has the allowance amount available on it, most banks offer these for free for your kids and you can automatically transfer funds to it each month, payday, etc. (Ok, this one is technically not Apple's method, but it still exists)
Block in App Purchases using parental controls
Parents need to grow up and be just that....parents and not the kid's buddy, etc.
We do not need Government to step in here, Apple provides several ways for parents to control this:
Do not give your kids your iTunes password
Setup a unique iTunes account for each child
Setup an allowance on each account
Make sure that the account is link to a prepaid card that only has the allowance amount available on it, most banks offer these for free for your kids and you can automatically transfer funds to it each month, payday, etc. (Ok, this one is technically not Apple's method, but it still exists)
Government needs to get involved in some things, for example making sure that companies are not monopolies.
They do not need to be involved in every aspect of our PERSONAL lives!
The job of Government is to:
Keep People Safe (Fire Fighters, Police, Paramedics, enact laws that handle this, etc.)
Ensure that interstate commerce is possible
Education
Handle International Travel Documentation and Immigration
That is all, we need to eliminate all of the other junk that Government does and let people govern themselves, get back to basic liberties that we have lost along the way.
Government needs to get involved in some things, for example making sure that companies are not monopolies.
They do not need to be involved in every aspect of our PERSONAL lives!
The job of Government is to:
Keep People Safe (Fire Fighters, Police, Paramedics, enact laws that handle this, etc.)
Ensure that interstate commerce is possible
Education
Handle International Travel Documentation and Immigration
That is all, we need to eliminate all of the other junk that Government does and let people govern themselves, get back to basic liberties that we have lost along the way.
Parents need to grow up and be just that....parents and not the kid's buddy, etc.
We do not need Government to step in here, Apple provides several ways for parents to control this:
Do not give your kids your iTunes password
Setup a unique iTunes account for each child
Setup an allowance on each account
Make sure that the account is link to a prepaid card that only has the allowance amount available on it, most banks offer these for free for your kids and you can automatically transfer funds to it each month, payday, etc. (Ok, this one is technically not Apple's method, but it still exists)
Block in App Purchases using parental controls
Government needs to get involved in some things, for example making sure that companies are not monopolies.
They do not need to be involved in every aspect of our PERSONAL lives!
The job of Government is to:
Keep People Safe (Fire Fighters, Police, Paramedics, enact laws that handle this, etc.)
Ensure that interstate commerce is possible
Education
Handle International Travel Documentation and Immigration
That is all, we need to eliminate all of the other junk that Government does and let people govern themselves, get back to basic liberties that we have lost along the way.
Do not give your kids your iTunes password
Setup a unique iTunes account for each child
Setup an allowance on each account
Make sure that the account is link to a prepaid card that only has the allowance amount available on it, most banks offer these for free for your kids and you can automatically transfer funds to it each month, payday, etc. (Ok, this one is technically not Apple's method, but it still exists)
Block in App Purchases using parental controls
Government needs to get involved in some things, for example making sure that companies are not monopolies.
They do not need to be involved in every aspect of our PERSONAL lives!
The job of Government is to:
Keep People Safe (Fire Fighters, Police, Paramedics, enact laws that handle this, etc.)
Ensure that interstate commerce is possible
Education
Handle International Travel Documentation and Immigration
That is all, we need to eliminate all of the other junk that Government does and let people govern themselves, get back to basic liberties that we have lost along the way.
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