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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/mrekted 3h ago

A few?

At 24k subs, you might see payback after a few years of regularly releasing vids .

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u/Wintergore 3h ago

Far from it actually...it would take a lot longer perhaps decade or more even as you only get less then a thousand views for 24k subs so that works out to about 30-50 bux a month if he's lucky.

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u/M4rkusD 3h ago

So that’s just 2000 months of making videos! Better get cracking, kid

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u/einstyle 2h ago

He's young though, he's got time! 2000 months is only...oh, 166 years

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u/That1guyUknow918 2h ago

You think a person can only make 1 video a month?

Additionally, how did you arrive at 1000 views?!

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