Well, it doesn’t get much more low friction than piracy, especially if you are thirteen-year-old with hardly any money. I was merely pointing out that “my parents won’t let me use their credit card” is a lousy excuse on all levels.
All I’m saying is that it’s ridiculously easy to get iTunes gift cards. (There are at least three stores which sell gift cards within easy biking distance from me, getting to a store which, for example, has a decent selection of music is quite a bit harder. Buying music was quite a bit harder when I was thirteen only ten years ago.) It’s perfectly safe and there is no need for a credit card. The excuses are invalid, the kids pirate apps not because it’s hard for them to buy them, they pirate them because they don’t want to pay anything. (Thirteen-year-olds, myself included, are like that – I can’t really say that I’m surprised.)
You've made an assertion with nothing to back it up. Thirteen year olds pirate because they don't want to pay? Please provide data and evidence to support your case.
I was responding specifically to the assertion that kids can’t legally download anything from the App Store if their parents are not willing to hand over their credit card. That’s patently untrue. It’s easy to get an account, it’s easy to pay.
Now, teenagers might pirate for other reasons than not wanting to pay (I don’t know what those would be), I can only guess. They are not in any way forced to pirate, though.
All I’m saying is that it’s ridiculously easy to get iTunes gift cards. (There are at least three stores which sell gift cards within easy biking distance from me, getting to a store which, for example, has a decent selection of music is quite a bit harder. Buying music was quite a bit harder when I was thirteen only ten years ago.) It’s perfectly safe and there is no need for a credit card. The excuses are invalid, the kids pirate apps not because it’s hard for them to buy them, they pirate them because they don’t want to pay anything. (Thirteen-year-olds, myself included, are like that – I can’t really say that I’m surprised.)