Kim Kardashian has a few years until she has to worry about little North West becoming a gamer. Until then, she'll have to settle for millions of other people playing her video game [1], which is currently on the top 10 list in the iTunes store. But is there a chance that Kim is preying on young gamers who are trying to become famous — the goal of the game? One very vocal mom thinks so.
Ayelet Waldman, who you may remember as the mom who sparked an outrage in 2005 [2] when she wrote an article in The New York Times declaring, "If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am in fact a bad mother. I love my husband more than I love my children," went on a Twitter tirade last night when she and her 11-year-old son discovered that he had spent $120 on in-app purchases while playing the game — despite the parent controls she and her husband have on their son's account.
She first tweeted:
Evil, vile Kardashian Hollywood tricked my 11 yr old into spending $120 in 2 days. He's crying hysterically. Pox on those fuckers.
— Ayelet Waldman (@ayeletw) August 4, 2014 [3]
But as the night wore on, and her followers chimed in, her tweets became laced with more vitriol and anger directed at the reality star and the app-makers:
PARENTS - check your kids' phones. Kardashian Hollywood bypassed our in-app purchase controls. Our kids are freaking out. $120 in 2 days.
— Ayelet Waldman (@ayeletw) August 4, 2014 [4]
Why is the Kardashian app such a high earner? Because it preys on children who don't know how much it's stealing from them. Pure evil.
— Ayelet Waldman (@ayeletw) August 4, 2014 [5]
We'd set up what we thought were restricted allowances, but bc there was a card attached, I'm now funding Kim Kardashian's lip gloss.
— Ayelet Waldman (@ayeletw) August 4, 2014 [6]
Until she finally got word that Apple would refund the charges.
THANK YOU APPLE! They're refunding the charges one at a time. PHEW. Abe is drying his tears. Cursing the Kardashians. #lifelesson [7]
— Ayelet Waldman (@ayeletw) August 4, 2014 [8]
Are your kids addicted to the game and have you had similar experiences?
Source: Instagram user kimkardashian [9]