Jamster has introduced a new service dubbed ‘Guardian’, which “allows parents to enter a mobile phone number onto a Jamster! web site to prevent content from being downloaded to that phone”. OK, it’s a good idea to give parents an opt-out option for their children, but it doesn’t really address the whole tricking people into thinking they’re downloading a free ringtone and signing them up to a subscription service practice which people have been complaining about…
“The unique problems associated with parental control over how children purchase mobile content needed addressing in an innovative way. Jamster has taken that responsibility upon itself to ensure that parents have a proactive choice in how their children use the Jamster service, which we believe now makes Jamster the most trustworthy mobile content provider in the industry,” said Markus Berger de Le
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