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apsanz on July 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill

Which of course is the same reason why android and ios will never show you data on how often you use your phone and allow you to send less time on your phone...

They don't want kids sending thousands of dollars. It is bad PR for pocket change for them. They already have options in the OS to prevent this. They just need to change the defaults and a few additional features.

occamschainsaw on July 4, 2020 [–]

Both iOS(Screen Time)[1] and Android(Digital Wellbeing)[2] show how much you use your phone and let you set limits for smartphone usage. 1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982 2. https://wellbeing.google/

michaelmrose on July 6, 2020 | [–]

Is a reasonable spending limit set by default?

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