Comment by panacea

Apple, as gatekeeper had (has?) the opportunity to fix this.

They should not be listed as free games. Free games should be listed as demos.

In-app purchasing should be limited to unlocking discrete chunks of game-play... not 'coins'.

There should be a way to buy the game outright instead of freemium.

Essentially, we're back to where we were with video arcades, before consoles at home gave us unlimited play.

Video arcades died... Freemium games need to die too.

Apple has a noose of very bad karma around it's neck because of this.