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Apple replaces the "Free" purchase button with "GET"

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Apple has replaced the wording of apps that do not require money to download the base app. Previously said apps were labeled as "Free" even though most of the popular apps relied on in app purchases to unlock the rest of the app or to let players buy their way through the game. This confusion caused the European Commission to step in  and request Apple and Google to change their current systems to be less misleading about "free" apps. Apple's most recent change replaces the "FREE" button with "GET". The Top Charts panel still has the Free category but that might change with an update.

 

it seems weird that it just shows GET everywhere but that will change as user adapt to the change. Download would make more sense and seem more natural than GET

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This just made me realize how weird GET sounds if you say it slowly and think about it...

 

Ge-ht... G-E-T Geh-Et...

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Please oh please let there be app called Rekt 

 

 

"You recently got Rekt, please leave a review"

 

I'm pleased to announce, there is an app called 'Rekt' 

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This is so low on the newsworthiness rating that I'm pretty sure it's being read by Ubisoft at the earth's core.

 

Next up: Dell replaces an ampersand with 'and' in terms & conditions! Riots in the streets! Back to you, Peter Jennings' corpse.

 

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LOL WUT

I'm that guy with the GPD Win.

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I'm pleased to announce, there is an app called 'Rekt' 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rekt/id889559209?mt=8

 

Please oh please let there be app called Rekt 

 

 

"You recently got Rekt, please leave a review"

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rekt/id889559209?mt=8

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Id be ok with this as long as apps with no in app purchases that are free said free.

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This is so low on the newsworthiness rating that I'm pretty sure it's being read by Ubisoft at the earth's core.

Next up: Dell replaces an ampersand with 'and' in terms & conditions! Riots in the streets! Back to you, Peter Jennings' corpse.

Peter Jennings: *rolls around*

This is more newsworthy than another half a dozen threads about how bad Ubisoft is or that GTA has a first person sex mode.

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Short for "get fucked"? That's pretty much what it is going to happen if you fall for a "free" app with in-app purchases.

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This is more newsworthy than another half a dozen threads about how bad Ubisoft is or that GTA has a first person sex mode.

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Is there a free app called ''Jiggy with it''? becuse i want to get jiggy with it..

 

Haha.. :lol: No? ..Okay :mellow:

 

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This just made me realize how weird GET sounds if you say it slowly and think about it...

 

Ge-ht... G-E-T Geh-Et...

As in "GIT ON OUTTA HYERE!"

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If jobs were alive, he wouldn't allow his company to be run by memers.

 

 

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hmmm squirky apple, replacing a single word instead of labeling apps, smart move, smart move(not that "free" apps are completely free most of the time)

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I have a feeling that micro transactions are the reasoning for this. I imagine Apple must get a boat load of complaints about "free" apps actually costing money with all the in-app purchases. 

 

Pro tip: Read the OP before you make an obvious post...

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I have a feeling that micro transactions are the reasoning for this. I imagine Apple must get a boat load of complaints about "free" apps actually costing money with all the in-app purchases. 

 

Mate, it's right there in the OP.

 

Apple has replaced the wording of apps that do not require money to download the base app. Previously said apps were labeled as "Free" even though most of the popular apps relied on in app purchases to unlock the rest of the app or to let players buy their way through the game. This confusion caused the European Commission to step in  and request Apple and Google to change their current systems to be less misleading about "free" apps. Apple's most recent change replaces the "FREE" button with "GET"
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