On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:36 AM, John Duncan Yoyo <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Tap Fish found a way around this limitation on the touch. Apple knows it. > Apple refunded the $900 fish bill without much of a fight. Thurrott got > satisfaction rather quickly from Apple. He had to call on a iPad Touch that > was under warranty to have someone to complain to since the App store > doesn't seem to have phone support. > > Other's have had this problem as well. Link to kid who spent 1200 on Tap Fish fish. http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/tap-fish-7-year-old-racks-1-200-itunes-2621825.html What Tap Fish/Bayview Labs exploited is that you need to turn off in App purchases on your device- (iphone, ipod touch). I would suspect that lots of people who thought that they blocked purchases missed this one. Here is how. Settings > General > Restrictions > In-App Purchases > OFF Could someone with an iPad see if that setting is there on on by default as well. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
