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I've done that before, and no-one cares.

The app had an age rating of 4+, it kept showing alcohol ads.

I told Apple, who did nothing, I told the app maker who did nothing, and I reported it to the UK regulator who told me the ad network was using demographics, not app age ratings, to deliver ads. Since the phone owner had a credit card the ad network "knew" the person using the phone was over 18.

I pointed out as politely as I could how fucking stupid that was, and the regulator is now "working with" the industry to try to fix this.




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