Evil in 2016: Disney iOS game for kids 6-8 is impossible for them to play, offers "hints" explaining how to play it as in-app purchase.
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@paulg That's pretty low, yeah. But I kind of feel like the whole startup ecosystem is pretty badly tainted: ads are hardly better.
@kragen People trying to make money have always been tempted to do evil things. This isn't specific to startups.
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@paulg Of course, and as you've said, the transition away from feudalism has created incentives to make things people want: an improvement. -
@paulg The thing that's specific to startups is that the viable avenues for getting paid for those things are now ads and in-app purchases. - Show replies
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