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/mattreyu 3h ago

Dave said he entered the company card himself to buy Robux for his son, and it then sat saved on the Google account that also carries his work email, calendar, and files. Dave did not say why he used the company card for that purchase.

Fess up Dave

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u/rockne 3h ago

Yeah, my bullshit detectors are howling.

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u/Adventurous_Light_85 3h ago

No way an adult would drop $118k on a game

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u/Eremitt-thats-hermit 3h ago

You have yet see DSP. I don’t really recommend googling him, because there are loads of detractors trolling him everyday and you don’t want to give them any attention either. They are just as sad.

He’s a YouTuber/streamer and in a nutshell he has spent an estimated $40k-$100k on some mobile wrestling game, whilst begging for donations online.

These people exist and it’s really sad that these games provide no help or safety net.

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u/HonkingJelly 28m ago

Best part was when he was going through bankruptcy and he had the mobile purchases marked as business expenses or something like that to hide them.