After many complaints, and in order to abide by laws set up by the European Commision, Google will no longer be labeling games with in-app purchases (IAP) as free. The complaints are around children charging up their parent’s credit cards, without parents knowledge, in games that were labeled as free, but offer IAP.
As gamers on the Android platform, we are all familiar with how some of these “free” games work. While some can be played in their entirety with the purchases being completely optional, other games have a pay wall, or a pay to win model where the game becomes extremely difficult or tedious to play without spending money.
Google’s plans to prevent children from making IAP and follow laws set up by the European Union goes into effect at the end of September. On a side note, Apple has yet to give a solid plan on how to deal with the issue on the App Store, but did issue a response concerning the matter after a scolding of sorts from the EU.
Website Referenced: Engadget
