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Re: Family Sharing problem

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In article <rf9mts$qp6$1@dont-email.me>, Graham J
<nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:

> >>> Does it actually want her to pay for them? I'm the organiser so it's hard
> >>> to
> >>> test but last time I did once you go to pay it'll say "Oh, that's free
> >>> because
> >>> another member of your family bought it" or words to that effect.
> >>
> >> Yep, you're right. It's a pretty silly design though; you have to click
> >> through a dialog that says "do you authorise this purchase?" or words to
> >> that
> >> effect (definitely includes the word 'purchase'), *then* it tells you it's
> >> free.
> > 
> > it's still a purchase. the price just happens to be 0. the developer
> > could change its price to non-zero and other apps could change to be
> > free. they all go through the same codepath.
> 
> No it's not.  It's something already bought. If I buy you a beer in a 
> pub the bartender doesn't also ask you to pay for it and only charge 
> nothing after you've proved that I've already paid for it.

*all* apps from the app store are purchased, even if the price is free.

it was designed that way because a free app can become a non-free app
and a non-free app can become free (or a different price) at any time,
should the developer choose to change it. all apps are processed the
same way, which greatly simplifies the back end.

> So asking "do you authorise this purchase?" is meaningless in the 
> context, and looks like an attempt at fraud.

not in the least.

> It's no wonder that real people have such difficulty with using computers.

apparently.

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Family Sharing problem TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-07-22 09:17 +0000
  Re: Family Sharing problem Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-22 11:15 +0000
    Re: Family Sharing problem TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-07-22 14:39 +0000
      Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 10:45 -0400
        Re: Family Sharing problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-22 16:44 +0100
          Re: Family Sharing problem Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-22 15:50 +0000
            Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 12:08 -0400
          Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 12:08 -0400
            Re: Family Sharing problem TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-07-22 16:14 +0000
              Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 12:26 -0400
                Re: Family Sharing problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-22 18:20 +0100

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