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Parents suing Apple over 'addictive' games

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    Group claims tech giant is responsible for their kids' pricey dependence

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And out of that group of parents suing apple.

They claimed that apple is responsible for their kids addiction to iPhone games.

It's Apple's fault.

The parents say the addiction to the apple games is costing them a lot of money.

And now they will be paid back.

The parent's point out these games are often free to download the original games -- -- -- But to play the game beyond the first few levels you have to pay and pay and pay again.

Here's an example -- there's this -- game here your character trades with fake currency smirk varies obviously.

Those -- -- cause real -- as much as a hundred bucks for one purchase if you buy in bulk.

We've reached out to apple and the company that develops this worst game so far no response.

Gerri Willis and the fox -- is that organs -- does that concern is that apple makes it too easy for kids suspend mommy and daddy's money.

Like mommy and daddy hey if you give the kid the password yes it -- last you know he -- last year.

Apple changed the way this thing works originally you had plug in your password on your iPhone.

When you block this application but now you have to plug it in every time you buy something every time we -- to a new level so apparently these kids probably have the password.

And that's why they're buying all the stuff and racking up hundreds if not thousands of dollars in bills.

Apple has mentioned.

That parents can restricted his activity.

True don't give them the password hello -- yeah I and it's that simple and it makes sense they're not talking today but what they've said in the past of who is look our contract is is not -- the children are contract is with the parent -- I think so too because the rules that would I think it's a little silly I think rich kids under control and change your password for the love of god -- -- Derailment for their server and I think he's obviously going to give them the password for the iTunes account who agree that might as well dispute in the checkbook and -- lot of cash on the extra.

What -- you is that is true.

We had a so don't let -- do it -- they do expect -- but but -- you can't do that now either but that's another key part of a test that I had to be another topic for another day.

But the -- is going downhill fast -- Until I got here it was nothing but a men's locker I -- -- glad to have you -- thanks everyone got clothes back on the it's.

Gerri Willis it's always -- currency was watching you tonight 8 o'clock eastern time on the Willis report on the FB and the Fox Business Network answer all right we'll.

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