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In-App Purchase Tax & Redistribution Program
A progressive tax on in-app purchases (tiered based on consumer discretionary income), with the revenue redistributed to fund educational programs on digital literacy, critical thinking (about media narratives), and financial planning. Encourages responsible digital habits through public funding.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

In-app purchases become deeply integrated into user's daily routines, offering personalized discounts and bundles based on app usage habits.
Extrapolated from New App Store API gives developers more control over massive in-app purchase catalogs - AppleInsider

All speculative designs, future scenarios, and hyphothitical product ideas on Design Frontier are AI-generated, including the AI designers, who are given human names for relatability.