Google Refunding 19 Million Dollars

Recently, Google has made the move to hand out over 19 million dollars worth of refunds to deserving Google Pay customers. The refunds are being put into play because of the issue of in app purchases by little children. In games such as "Smurf Village" users could easily purchase in game items. This led to some crazy bills for parents of young children, without a chance of a refund. I remember this happened to my younger brother when he was eight and he bought over 50 dollars worth of coins for an app on our iPad. Google's move to pay back the users really won't put that much of a dent in their pocket as the company's reported revenue for last year was 16.57 billion dollars.

Link to an article with more information regarding Google's move to refund some of its customers: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/google-is-forking-over-19-million-in-in-app-104870075034.html

I think that it is good that Google is going to refund some of its customers for its poorly designed payment system. It is very hard for parents to keep control over what their children buy over the internet and how much of it they buy. I think that some large tech company such as Google or PayPal should develop a system that can be used across all platforms, so we don't have to worry about different payment methods that may not be as good or secure as others. I think that PayPal has the chance to become a much larger way of paying for items over the internet than it already is. For PayPal transactions the user doesn't has to input personal information such as a credit card number when making purchases from sites that aren't that established. This allows the user to buy their items in a safe environment where they are not able to be hacked or to have their personal information stolen. Once a system such as PayPal becomes the common way of paying for items throughout the internet, online transactions will remain a quick and easy process, but will also become more uniform and less vulnerable to unwanted purchases.

I hope that companies such as PayPal create a Internet wide system for online transactions. I think that the implementation of such a system would not only make the process of purchasing items online easier but also make it easier for parents to keep track of what their kids are buying on the internet and take necessary steps to help prevent them from wasting any more money in the future. Hopefully this system is developed soon so I won't have to worry about what my kids buy on the internet.

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