Tag: freemium
The Digest: South Park skewers freemium games… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] South Park skewers 'freemium' games | Engadget "If your business model is conning kids into spending their parents' hard-earned app-store cash on in-app purchased 'rewards', it's fair to say you deserve to be ripped. South Park did the honors with its Freemium Isn't Free episode involving a Terrence and Philip-branded Candy Crush-style game…
OFT investigating free-to-play apps that pressure children into premium purchases
Freemium and free-to-play mobile and web apps are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over concerns that players are unwittingly running up substantial costs with them. Looking specifically at the marketing approach to children that these…
