Often, and especially in the United States, where the trigger for lawsuits is quite loose, we find ourselves in legal proceedings due to the smallest of coincidences. In this case, a game found Amazon guilty of in-app purchases that a boy made without the permission of his parents. Now as time goes by Jeff Bezos' company has devised a system for parents to automatically request money back of purchases made by children, without parental permission, of course, improving the security of the application. However, we remember that the child protection methods are available on iOS devices.
This case has been in court since 2014, and it will be the users affected since then who will be able to benefit from this money-back system. In addition, judge John Coughenour, has declined the alternative offered by Amazon, and it is that he intended to recommend that users suffer these disagreements with gift cards to spend in the Amazon store itself, which although it is true that they have everything, It is a method with which they ensure a minimum loss of money, since users would end up spending their money at the same source.
Apple has already had similar cases, having to return large sums of money to parents 'credit cards, because some young people make improper purchases taking advantage of the fact that they know their parents' passwords. That they know the passwords, or that they have the device in their hands, It is not reason enough for them to make the expense they consider, since it is one more misuse. To give an example, it is as if they did not return the money for purchases made with a credit card that have been stolen from us, just because the thief knew the password. So, Amazon, you have to pay.
