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In app purchases from (crappy) games is top revenue source in App Store. Anecdotally, I’d be shocked if the majority of that wasn’t from kids using their parents’ phones.

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Prepare to be shocked real good then: it’s from adults who are affluent or addicted.

In the Pokemon Go days, about 10 years back, the top whales were spending 5- and 6-figure amounts on that game's in-app purchases.

Does it matter what the age of the users are? Clearly they are all children regardless.

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