Kanye West Speaks Out Against Games With In-App Purchases

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Rap artist, musician, and all-around swell guy Kanye West voiced his dismay at game companies that put in-app purchases in games intended for children in a series of tweets.

Kanye's tweets echoed what many parents feel when they allow their young children to play games on their iPads or other tablet devices. Most freemium, and even some premium games contain pop-ups and notices encouraging their players to spend money on in-app purchases. It's particularly shady when the games in question are intended to be played by children under the age of 5, billing parents who forget to lock purchases on their device with exorbitant fees.

Here's what he said:



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THCv3Posted:

He just needs to fade into the abyss of forgotten celebrities already.

XboxPosted:

Yeezus going on another rant, Nothing new.

TaylorPosted:

Robbed Why doesn't he just put a password on? Lol.


On Android, once the card is on the device, the user has free reign over the bank information. No password needed other than a password to unlock the device.

AE86Posted:

I am making games currently for mobile and there's 2 morals that i set out when i first started making these 2 new game, No in-app purchases, and no pop up ads or in your face ads(only if a player wants a reward, they can look at or watch ads), i honestly hate companies that do things like this, especially companies like kabam that dont let you even play without buying things in-game.

MissPosted:

I agree, and that's why I don't play any F2P game or app game. Or if I do, I definitely don't contribute to their bullshit scheme.

SynybunPosted:

GT86
ME0W don't you have to type a password to be able to buy anything?



Yes but you can turn that off, which is what he seems to have done. He is only to blame really lol



I'm guessing he didn't even bother to check if that was possible before going and complaining about it.
Raizel
ME0W don't you have to type a password to be able to buy anything?


I think that's only if you have it set-up but there are probley some parents who forget to do this.

JastyPosted:

I hate in-app purchases, can only agree with him. Kootah must be lovin Kanye on the front page tho.

RobbedPosted:

Why doesn't he just put a password on? Lol.

JZXPosted:

ME0W don't you have to type a password to be able to buy anything?



Yes but you can turn that off, which is what he seems to have done. He is only to blame really lol

EvoVIIIPosted:

ME0W don't you have to type a password to be able to buy anything?


I think that's only if you have it set-up but there are probley some parents who forget to do this.