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Hopefully, this situation will make more parents aware of the feature in iOS and serve as a learning opportunity for how publishers relay information about In App Purchases to gamers. If you are worried about this happening on your iTunes account, you can go into the Settings section of your iDevice and turn off In App Purchases, thus preventing any downloads within an app. There is no reason to assume everybody knows precisely how freemium games work. This is something that players of any freemium game must be aware of, although I would argue that freemium games could always do a better job explaining how real world money translates into virtual goods. DesktopTwos latest Smurfs Village version is v1.71.0. Smurfs Village is so beloved that it has been downloaded more than 10M times. PLAY WITH YOUR FAVORITE SMURFS: The entire Smurf Family is here Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Lazy Smurf, Baby Smurf, Handy Smurf, and Jokey Smurf.
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It is not being exploited by Smurfs' Village. Smurfs Village is an Android application that was published by Flashman Games LLC on the Google Play Store Aug 26, 2011. Ever SMURFS’ VILLAGE FEATURES: FAMILY ADVENTURE: Build your very own Smurfs' village and create a new home for the Smurfs. If parents think their child may have purchased in-App content by accident, they can request a refund from Apple." To be completely fair to Capcom, this statement is true and Capcom has done no wrong here. Since this has come to our attention we've added clarifications and warnings to the App Store description. This is not unique to our app, this is a function of iOS and we have no control over it.
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During this time it's possible to download in-app content without reentering the password. Unfortunately, once a customer downloads an app their account remains active for 15 minutes. We find consumer complaints of children inadvertently purchasing in-app content lamentable. In response to the situation, Capcom released the following statement: "Capcom has been in the videogame business for more than 25 years, so the last thing we want is to be misperceived as taking advantage of children. But it does leave open a loophole that would allow a player unaware of how In App Purchases work to spend a lot of money in a freemium game like Smurfs' Village. The evil wizard Gargamel and his cat Azrael finally found the Smurfs’ village and have scattered our lovable blue friends far and wide throughout the enchanted forest.
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This makes sense, especially if you are downloading multiple apps and don't want to keep entering your password over and over. You can make additional purchases and downloads without the need to re-enter it. But once you do this, that password remains "active" for 15 minutes. When you download a game or buy an In-App Purchases, you are prompted to enter a password. It seems the problem stems from a feature within iOS. Outraged parents say their children racked up huge iTunes bills by buying Smurfberries without understanding that they cost real-world money. However, a glance at the Smurfs' Village product page in the App Store reveals a number of furious users claiming that Capcom's game is a scam.
