Apple
has been criticised by the European Commission for not offering any
"concrete and immediate" plans to stop users being misled by
"free" apps.
Many
popular apps are free to download, but are designed to tempt users to pay for
in-game enhancements - often allowing for quicker progression.
The
Commission is now forcing Apple and Google, the biggest vendors of apps, to
make the "true cost" of games clear.
But
it singled out Apple for not making a commitment to change."Regrettably,
no concrete and immediate solutions have been made by Apple to date to address
the concerns linked in particular to payment authorisation," the
Commission said in a statement.
"Apple
has
