Some apps ignore Ask to Buy?

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Some apps ignore Ask to Buy?

It seems as though some apps from the App Store ignore the Family Share Ask to Buy function when my children attempt to install them. It seems to apply to apps that are labeled as Essential. Is there a way to prevent this? I want to screen all apps my children install, not just some of them.

I already turned off the sharing of apps I've purchased because I found that they could go into the App Store purchase history and freely download anything that I'd previously purchased, but that didn't seem to stop the problem as they're still able to download

Posted on Jul 4, 2015 6:14 AM

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Jul 4, 2015 6:17 AM in response to NCReid

Can you give us an example of one of these apps that are classified as essential.

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Jul 4, 2015 6:27 AM in response to Winston Churchill

For example: iTunes U, Garage Band, Apple Store, and Clash of Clans are all listed as Essential apps and can be installed by my children without my approval.

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Jul 4, 2015 6:34 AM in response to NCReid

Clash of clans does not appear to be categorised as an essential, the rest of those apps are Apple apps and I guess that Apple don't see anything wrong with the content within them.

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Jul 4, 2015 7:39 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Perhaps some apps are categorized differently for different people? Clash of Clans definitely shows as Essential for us as does the original Angry Birds for example. I'm guessing wildly successful apps can gain the essential status. It's not that I want to prevent these specific apps, it's more that I don't like someone else deciding what's ok for my kids to be exposed to.

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