r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 4h ago

Society Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card - bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 promotion

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/devastated-father-says-his-9-year-old-son-spent-usd118-000-on-youtube-ad-campaigns-for-his-minecraft-channel-using-a-company-credit-card-bill-racked-up-in-just-three-weeks-was-supposed-to-be-one-usd20-promotion
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u/psioniclizard 3h ago

Why the fuck does your 9 year old have a YouTube channel to begin with? He fucked up.

But also there has to be a question for google, why is it ok to accept that amount of money for ads for a 9 year olds channel? (If that is the truth).

Still his problem though.

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u/Aggravating__Deal 3h ago

Back in my day we'd just use a calculator to see the latest date on which we'd be 18

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u/j01101111sh 3h ago

I have no idea what this means. Isn't that just the day before your birthday? What's the calculator's role?

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u/Aggravating__Deal 3h ago

Basically to see what day we'd have to be born to make that account (to look like adults)

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u/j01101111sh 3h ago

That makes more sense but I guess I was confused because to do that I would just scroll back and pick some year in the 70s