Kanye West is firmly against in-app purchases in kids games, as the star took to Twitter to complain about the audacity of such options.
In-app purchases have been a sore subject for a good while now, especially when it comes to kids making "unauthorized" purchases while using various apps on a smartphone or a tablet.
While older generations grew up playing outside or building blanket forts indoors when the weather was bad, today's generation grows up playing on mobile devices both indoors and outdoors. It's no big secret that kids nowadays play more on smartphones, tablets and PCs than they do outside, which means extra expenses for the parents.
Not only do parents have to shell out more money to buy the devices for their kids, but they can also get some unexpected bills thanks to in-app purchases. This issue has raised plenty of criticism and concern over the years, as lots of children charged their parents' cards with in-game purchases. In many cases, the kids didn't even realize what they were doing, tapping the buy button by mistake.
Many argue that simply setting some parental controls will eliminate this issue altogether, but it seems that in-app purchases still cause headaches for parents — even famous parents such as Kanye West, who can't really complain about money troubles.
Kanye West recently took to Twitter to express his outrage at in-app purchases in kids games, arguing that this option should not be available.
That makes no sense!!! We give the iPad to our child and every 5 minutes there's a new purchase!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) October 10, 2015
After a few hours the celebrity sent the subsequent tweet below:
If a game is made for a 2 year old, just allow them to have fun and give the parents a break for Christ sake. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) October 10, 2015
While many can relate to Kanye's outrage regarding these in-app purchases available to gullible kids, others also point out the irony in this whole situation. Kanye's wife, Kim Kardashian, has her own app that went under fire for allowing kids to make in-app purchases.
Kanye did not reveal what game his daughter, North, was playing when she raked in those in-app purchases, or whether he had any parental controls set on the iPad to avoid such situations.
