IDG Contributor Network: iOS game developers aim harpoons at whales

Have I told you lately how much I detest free to play games? I truly loathe seeing them in the iOS app store and I never download them. I'd much rather pay for the game outright and then be able to play it without having to buy in-app purchases.
But recently I ran into a thread on Reddit that had some very interesting posts and links that indicated that free to play games are designed to hook deep-pocketed gamers known as whales with tons of in-app purchases.
The thread started out with a rant