Apple will pay compensation to the parents of young gamers

More than two years continues this saga: June 16, 2011 enraged parents filed a lawsuit against Apple. Their credit card suffered by children of their own hands, which are ridiculous accident spent a lot of money on the purchase within free applications. On Apple opened days details compensation.

"Fruit" company sent emails to 23 million people, has filed a lawsuit, informing them of the that they are entitled to compensation if the child is brought unforeseen financial troubles parents.

To resolve the conflict, the company offered the following options. Parents of young gamers have until 13 January 2014 to request iTunes Gift Card $ 5, if their children have spent less than 30 dollars. If managed playful child within 45 days from the date of the first operation to spend more - parents can expect to recoup the entire amount spent.

Of course, to obtain compensation, it is necessary to comply with certain conditions. Considered only in terms of buying games from 4 to 12 years. It is necessary to specify the date when an unauthorized act has been committed, as well as the name of the application, which brought financial loss.

On what is spent their parents' money in these games?

For all sorts of "very necessary", quite simply vital upgrades to the child. For example, children who play in the Smurf's Village, or Spongebob Moves In, can buy all sorts of virtual stuff - vegetables, jellies, ammunition, clothing. But after parents complained that children were able to buy this stuff without re-entering your password, Apple stepped up precautions.

And if it was limited to a few dollars... Some people do not hesitate to make a very not cheap supplements. The most expensive in the history of the internal IAP has become a diamond chisel in the popular game of Peter Molyneux Curiosity: What's inside the Cube game. Neither more nor less - 47,000 pounds (about two million rubles - to buy an apartment, and not virtual chisel ...) spent unsuspecting child to find within the bloc promised secret life-changing. The life of the parents of the child secret exactly changed.