Many apps require users to make certain in-app purchases to achieve a certain level of functionality, the concept is widely applied in games when require users to make purchases to advance levels or buy enough coins to upgrade. The story of an eight year old girl, Lily, was widely reported as she had racked up a bill of over $6,000 making in-app purchases in her favorite iPad game. She knew the password of her father's iTunes account as she had seen him enter it when downloading apps and was able to make these purchases without him not knowing. He turned to Apple to refund the money, but the company initially denied.
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