Monday, 25 February 2013

backdoor capitalism

another american express bill
another $5000
and this time
I actually read it when it turned up

out of 58 charges
50 were from i tunes
little amounts
all adding up to $700

now I like apple tv as much as the next bloke
and I dont mind an occasional download
but 50 separate transactions over 20 days.
c'mon. time to investigate

you know those free games, the ones for 99c
the simple fun things you can put on the
ipod, ipad, iphone.
news flash! all is not what it seems

all apple devices come with a little setting turned on
the old " in app purchases" switch
hidden of course behind 5 screens.
if you dont turn it off, 
you dont need your itunes password to purchase
whatever they are trying to sell you.

new updated game..
more hairspray for your salon
another fun car in the racing game
or whatever

sneaky, underhanded, disgusting
and i'm sure not entirely legal.
what kid connects playing on the phone with spending money
and why are all the default settings on, not off?

I wonder what else they aren't telling us?



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