The FTC complaint details a range of problems with the role-playing game-targeted for users grades 1 to 8-including how learners are pressured into not staying with the free version but into buying a vastly different premium membership, which, if paid monthly, would come out to over $100 per year. He accused Prodigy of 'taking advantage of this vulnerability, and in the process, creating a clear line between the haves and have-nots in the classroom.' 'Parents are trying to make the most of the educational tools at their disposal during this unprecedented time, and many are struggling to make ends meet,' said Golin. 'It's bad enough when commercial apps deliberately frustrate and manipulate children into desiring in-game purchases, but Prodigy's insidious business model is creating a new form of inequality in classrooms,' said CCFC executive director Josh Golin in a statement.
