![]() The sooner the bureaucrats pull their collective heads out of their collective backsides they will actually see and smell more than the massive mound of manure they keep trying to feed us. Then again, in a nanny state, what parent needs to be responsible? Like blazar said, if you can't be responsible for your own finances, don't give your kid a credit card enabled phone. When will the bureaucrats learn that writing code to protect the irresponsible from themselves is not as easy as picking their own noses? It takes time and a huge collective effort to do it right, do it well, and make it easy for the responsible parents while not allowing some six year old to hack the system to circumvent the controls. Update: Engadget just revised their page to read in part: Not that I have positive proof, but there is some evidence again, that Apple hasn't as yet formally informed the EU as Engadget earlier reported, " Apple’s plan appears to be to discuss its plans and policies around in-app purchases with individual EU member states on a case-by-case basis, which makes sense given the European Commission says that any further enforcement around IAP is now up to individual nations to decide." Instead, the company issued a statement to Engadget today saying, " Apple takes great pride…" MacObserver: " Apple, however, has not announced any changes to its App Store in EU member countries.A spokesperson said,… Apple takes great pride… " The Enquirer: " Apple responded, and said it does more than anybody else in the industry with regards to in-app purchases.Tech Times: " In response to the EU criticism, Apple said in a published statement that it clearly labels games that require in-app purchasing… Apple takes great pride… ".Engadget: " Apple provided the following statement to Engadget… Apple takes great pride… ".El Reg: " A spokesman for Apple told El Reg, there is no probs…" Apple takes great pride…"".Virtually every news source prefaced Apple's boilerplate response, " Apple takes great pride in leading the industry in parental controls that are incredibly easy to use and help ensure a great experience for parents and children on the App Store… " with f or example, Perusing some of the media reporting, it is interesting the commonality being reported to Apple's response. Which by the way, I applaud whole heartedly. And as anyone who has followed Apple, and in particular when Steve was around, it was always Apple's strategy to keep things secret until they had something tangible to offer. The problem I see here is that, except for announcing their intentions to this manner, they haven't formally informed the EU or for that matter anyone else. I believe that Apple is doing the right thing, especially with the release of 8.
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