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mk  ·  4776 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who killed videogames?
* I was, of course, a major revenue drop, but I think even Apple was aware of how almost usury-like that was, with these devices in the hands of kids.*

The cynic in me says that is wasn't so much the nature of it, but the legal issues of having kids buying these things with a credit card without some control.

I think they should also let you download freeware without having a valid credit card attached, and only have you initiate that process when you want to purchase something.

Yeah, but that would hurt their revenue. :) You know, public company, shareholders before anything that isn't illegal.