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Ian Lynch Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple needs to do better. Yesterdays “Game of the Day” has a 2022 biz model of $120\/year. The “no thanks” is color hidden in upper left, the red “free trial” is actually the same as the “subscribe” button. Apples’s #1 app store push yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Peter N Lewis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is “Apple doing better” - better for Apple. Apple makes $18-$36 a year off every subscription. It’s as much in Apple’s interests as the developer’s to act shady and scam people out of money - more so since Apple puts in no effort and gets almost none of the blame.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Dave Mark<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple added a “notification indicator” to the Settings icon (typical of a new update) telling me about “Family Purchase Sharing”.<\/p>\n

Thing is, the only way to get rid of it is to agree. There’s no “no thanks” option, just a cryptic reference to an unlinked page.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n