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Apple Reportedly 'Scrambling' to Make Required Changes to In-App Purchase Policies
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You're trying to explain logic and reason with some people who don't understand the concept let alone your explanation...
I don't know of any game Apple sells. Nor do I know of Apple marketing $100 virtual fish. Are we all talking about the same Apple Inc?
Stop screaming, your keyboard broken?
Just a thought. This probably has little to do with the iOS code. Most of the store is just HTML from their server. They could make this change with very little change on the iOS side. I would venture to guess this is a mostly server side change.
you've never had a 2 year old, have you?
there are silly games for little kids and there is no way you can explain to them not to click outsideSo, you let them play so you can either cook them a meal or do any necessity you have to do so its simply impossible to supervise your child all the time. (and by supervising I mean staring over their should and watching them play the game and making sure they don't click outside of their territory)
parenting issue, and lack of understanding of your own device. and THERE IS NO REASON for it. you can disable in-app purchasing anytime you want to, walk into any Apple Store and ask any associate, they'll set you up so you can understand how to use your own device.
there will never be a way to force americans to read the fine print, EULAs are written in lawyer speak that we all simply just click accept agreement, then ask why we are being charged for purchasing gold coins in the latest viral game.
if you think dealing with that is too complicated and if the game allows for static in app purchase locations on the screen there is also guided access which prevents your child from clicking in a certain area of the screen or from exiting the app you lock them into:
http://voice4uaac.com/tips/guided-access-ios6/
Suggesting that Apple doesn't sell games is like suggesting that Amazon doesn't sell books. Amazon might not be the publisher - but it's their store. Your transaction is with Apple, not the 3rd party vendor.
I keep them disabled in Restrictions by default. I can purchase apps normally via password and in the rare event that I want to remove ads, upgrade to full, or buy HorseVille manure tokens (or whatever kids are buying these days) I can re-enable it, make the purchase, and disable it right after.
I don't mind giving developers money as long as they don't do that thing where they have it at 2.99 when I buy it and switch to free with 2.99 IAP expecting previous customers to just say "okie doki!". I haven't seen it happen in a while, but I still have a hard time giving PopCap money (also, I believe dictionary.com did this at some point).
That I agree with, it's the other irrelevant banter about parenting that seems to surface in threads like these.
You're obviously new to the Apple game, so I'll explain it. Here's why Apple makes their apps require certain versions of an OS (even though there's no technical requirement): (1) users are forced to update, (2) too lazy to test apps on older versions of the OS.
Same argument used by cigarette companies to defend varying doses of nicotine delivered by same brand.
They make special cases that prevent all of that with a half inch of foam all around and a plastic cover over the screen.
Again, things of this nature I certainly agree with, but the rest of generalized and pointless parenting advices about things beyond that, that comes up in threads like this, that's different.
Blue Shirts in Apple store in my town use two year old with iDevice as reason to buy Apple Care+
Just sayin
Actually, it's a very small amount of fuss. Most of the iPhone users won't even notice a large change, the user end will probably be very small changes.
The only people noticing the "fuss" is those of us hanging out at the rumors forums (and other related places).
The plus for us will be no more news stories about these people and in app purchases being racked up.
Gary
Sounds like you are missing the common sense gene that is no longer common and suffering from ego issues. Some people are actually cautious not only for their children's sake, but also for their iPhones and iPads. I had no problem letting my son play with an iPhone in a lifeproof case with parental restrictions set appropriately. He was not in danger and neither was my bank account. You can also use Apple's Configurator tool to limit the device to one app and disable the home key too.
What is more interesting is that none of the things you listed are very suitable for a 2 year old either. You can find some early learning programming for a TV, but there we just put the videos on the iPhone. All the others are pretty inappropriate for a two year old and the TV isn't interactive so doesn't hold their attention as well.
For the second point, Apple doesn't make it vey easy for a developer to say "The simulator is good, but I should test straight iOS [6.0] on an actual device just in case" without keeping an old device around that never upgraded for that purpose.
On the other hand, it's still easier than making sure an app remains compatible with Android.
You can change a setting that requires a password for every purchase (And even App updates), and you can also remove payment details from your account completely.
There was a big lawsuit recently that even made BBC News amongst others, so this story really is just part of a much bigger beast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25748292