Federal Judge Rules Amazon Must Refund Parents Duped By In-App Purchases (gizmodo.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @04:05AM from the parents-worldwide-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief dept.

An anonymous reader shares a Gizmodo report: A federal judge has ruled Amazon is liable for billing unwitting parents after their children made unauthorized charges in apps. The court will decide exactly how much money Amazon owes customers in the coming months. The federal judge's decision asserts that Amazon received several complaints from customers about in-app purchases that they were unaware of, mostly incurred by children. The decision points out that Amazon promoted apps as free but failed to inform parents about in-app charges that could be incurred.

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This judge is a LUDDITE. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-04-27 04:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The modern app appers who made in-app purchases knew what they were doing, because only apps can app apps! Only LUDDITES want refunds for apps because they only know how to use LUDDITE software, not appy app apps!
Apps!